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china solar module cell imports tariff SEIA: Additional 25 percent tariff on solar cells, modules from China being considered
Chris Crowell
June 18, 2018
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SunPower’s highest efficiency solar panels to debut at Intersolar Europe this week
June 18, 2018
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Largest rooftop solar project in the Midwest secured by EcoFoot2+ ballast system
June 18, 2018
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SolarEdge files lawsuit against Huawei for patent infringement
June 18, 2018
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Install Inequality: Nearly half of U.S. residential rooftop solar potential is currently out of reach
June 18, 2018
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Massachusetts Senate passes bill to eliminate the Eversource demand charge

The Massachusetts solar industry was thrown a life preserver from the state Senate, which passed SB 2545 yesterday. Not only does the bill r...

June 15, 2018
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Start-up wants to make solar installs contagious among neighbors

In 2017, Google’s Project Sunroof used satellite images to allow consumers to view which homes in their neighborhood installed solar. ...

June 14, 2018
News soltec
Global solar tracker market to hit $27 billion by 2024

According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, the Solar Tracker Marke...

June 14, 2018
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Metal roofs could trend upward after California’s solar mandate

As the first state in the nation to require all new homes to have solar power, California’s recent decision may result in a dramatic s...

June 14, 2018
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Solar-Tectic patents perovskite, crystalline silicon thin-film tandem solar cell

Perovskite materials are always on the horizon for the solar industry, holding promise as a future solution to the long-standing problem of ...

June 14, 2018
News soligent
Soligent partners with Chilicon Power for grid-support inverter, monitoring solutions

Soligent Distribution, the leading distributor of solar equipment in the United States, has partnered with Chilicon Power, a tech-forward de...

June 13, 2018
News solar inverter supply chain
Solar project logistics: Calculating the value of an efficient supply...

What is a supply chain? It is the flow of all components that go into a given product, and then the flow of that product from its manufactur...

June 13, 2018
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Solar FlexRack supplies G3-X fixed tilt system for 71-MW project...

Solar FlexRack’s reputation within the solar industry continues to grow. A division of Northern States Metals, Solar FlexRack has comp...

June 12, 2018
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar closes on $811 million in new financing (largest...

Vivint Solar has closed on $811 million aggregate principal amount of debt financing comprised of two separate transactions. The first is a ...

June 12, 2018
News CECEP-Solar-drainage-module
This ‘drainage’ solar module is designed to avoid dust accumulation

Small scale and scattered geological locations of distributed PV power stations make operation and maintenance tasks difficult. CECEP Solar ...

June 12, 2018
News U.S. solar electric capacity
Solar was more than half of all U.S. electricity capacity...

Showing resiliency in spite of the new tariffs on imported modules, the U.S. solar market added 2.5 gigawatts of solar PV in the first quart...

June 12, 2018
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PetersenDean Roofing and Solar signs solar panel supply contract with...

Silfab Solar signed a supply contract to deliver high-efficiency panels to PetersenDean Roofing & Solar, the United States’ larges...

June 11, 2018
Mounting Guide TopTile sunmodo
This solar mounting system from SunModo anchors entirely above roof...

Professional solar installers no longer need to grimace when considering a risk-laden solar PV installation on tile roofs. Referenced in our...

June 11, 2018
News Panasonic
San Diego’s Semper Solaris the latest solar installer to join...

Panasonic continues to build out its Premium Installer network with some of the industry’s top solar companies. San Diego-based Semper...

June 11, 2018
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News on JinkoSolar’s deal with sPower, debut of ‘Cheetah’ Series...

JinkoSolar is both expanding its reach within the U.S. and ready to debut the most powerful commercially available modules on the market. Le...

June 11, 2018