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Coast Citrus Union City Fruit wholesaler adds a third PV system to one of its facilities via Borrego Solar
Chris Crowell
July 30, 2018
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News Duke Energy solar rebate
Duke Energy is seeing strong demand for its solar rebate deal in North Carolina (16 MW so far)
July 30, 2018
Products APA racking geoballast ground mount
APA Solar Racking explains its concrete-free ballast ground-mount system
July 30, 2018
News alsoenergy
AlsoEnergy merges with skytron, will now manage more than 18 GW of renewable energy
July 26, 2018
News Duke Energy shared solar south carolina
Duke Energy launches Shared Solar Program option for residents in South Carolina
July 25, 2018
News SEPA solar capacity added
SEPA argues ‘the U.S. solar market did not contract last...

Taking longer-term trends into account, a new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) argues that — a drop in megawatts n...

July 25, 2018
News Pegasus solar
Pegasus Solar raises $10 million in Series A funding round

Pegasus Solar, a designer and manufacturer of rooftop mounting systems for solar installations, raised additional funding, reaching $10 mill...

July 23, 2018
News Velo Solar
Indigo Energy to start offering solar options via Velo Solar

Velo Solar, one of Georgia’s largest EPC solar firms, has formed a joint venture with Indigo Energy to offer Velo’s solar expert...

July 23, 2018
Projects RetroFit Baltimore solar project
This Baltimore program is constructing its sixth solar co-op to...

Civic Works’ Retrofit Baltimore has selected Solar Energy World to install solar panels for their sixth solar co-op. The non-profit se...

July 23, 2018
News HiQ Outback Power
OutBack Power, HiQ Solar expand deal to sell three-phase commercial...

OutBack Power expanded its partnership with HiQ Solar to better serve current HiQ and ProHarvest customers, establish new markets and develo...

July 23, 2018
News CPS America
New from CPS America: 1,500-volt inverters, communication interface, turn-key storage...

CPS America announced several updates to note within its product and service offering at Intersolar North America. 1500V 100kW and 125kW Str...

July 23, 2018
News NEXTracker
NEXTracker acquires key patents from Optimum Tracker

NEXTracker announced a technology agreement with French solar tracker company, Optimum Tracker, to acquire key intellectual property elated ...

July 23, 2018
Projects mccarthy building solar
McCarthy Building Companies uses new program to train local workers...

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has begun construction on the 20 MW Cumberland Solar Project in Elmont, Ala., located on 130 acres approxim...

July 23, 2018
30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff Aurora_remote assessment
Remote site assessment cuts solar design time, costs (about $850...

There are some solar installation costs we can’t control, such as the tariffs imposed on the industry this year. But when it comes to ...

July 20, 2018
News alsoenergy
AlsoEnergy purchases Draker and is transitioning customers to its platform

We couldn’t locate a news announcement about this, but according to an email sent to Draker customers, Draker is now a part of AlsoEne...

July 19, 2018
News Solar Energy Provisions
The 2018 International Solar Energy Provisions is ready to order

The International Code Council and the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (ICC-SRCC), in collaboration with the National Fire Protec...

July 19, 2018
Projects forefront_logo
ForeFront Power to deploy solar, AI-powered energy storage for collection...

An artificial intelligence-powered energy storage company, Stem Inc., is working with C&I solar developer ForeFront Power to develop sol...

July 19, 2018
News SunModo augers
When augers, ground screws make economic sense for solar contractors

The use of augers and ground screws has been of interest in mounting solar systems for some time, and for the right sized job, they offer sm...

July 19, 2018
Inverters and eBOS Tigo Mesh
Tigo revamps wireless communication approach in TS4 lineup with new...

I admit it: I can’t keep up with all of the Tigo news these days. Here’s the latest two announcements (not including this partne...

July 18, 2018
News Intersolar 2018 coverage (101)
From small to large-scale solar + storage: Delta debuts Battery...

Delta debuted its Battery Energy Storage Skid (BESS) Solution for industrial and commercial applications, as well as upgrades to its residen...

July 18, 2018