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YSG Solar New York solar installer expands into California after 2020 mandate news
Chris Crowell
June 22, 2018
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California to launch three programs to improve low-income community access to solar
June 21, 2018
News REC N-Peak Lauch Event at Intersolar Europe 2018
REC Group shows off new N-Peak solar panel at Intersolar Europe
June 21, 2018
Financing solar wind
LevelTen’s Q2 PPA Pricing Index shows solar prices decreasing
June 21, 2018
News alsoenergy
Solar monitoring giants AlsoEnergy, skytron form strategic global partnership
June 21, 2018
News grid modernization with solar
How a transparent, modern grid properly values solar, DER

Much of our Attack the Tariff campaign is focused on market-based innovations that improve the upfront costs and long-term value for a varie...

June 20, 2018
News GTM Research smart home
GTM: Future of smart homes tied to voice automation devices,...

Smart thermostats, connected lighting and electric water heaters offer customers greater awareness and control of their energy consumption. ...

June 19, 2018
News MBL Energy
MBL-Energy is now pre-certified for solar carport installs at California...

MBL-Energy has received the first California Division of State Architects (DSA) pre-check certification issued under the newly released 2016...

June 19, 2018
News Solar Builder Project of the Year awards
Submit your projects to our Project of the Year awards

I started to sum up our July/August issue by saying “it’s all about innovation!” and nearly barfed. Ugh. Innovation. You k...

June 19, 2018
News china solar module cell imports tariff
SEIA: Additional 25 percent tariff on solar cells, modules from...

It seems Trump may stoke the trade war flames with China once more after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a new list ...

June 18, 2018
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SunPower’s highest efficiency solar panels to debut at Intersolar Europe...

SunPower will formally introduce its highest efficiency X-Series residential solar panel this week during Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germa...

June 18, 2018
News ecolibrium
Largest rooftop solar project in the Midwest secured by EcoFoot2+...

The Continental Electrical Construction Co. (CECCo) chose Ecolibrium Solar’s EcoFoot2+ Ballasted Racking System to secure a 3.5 MW sol...

June 18, 2018
News solaria solar module lawsuit
SolarEdge files lawsuit against Huawei for patent infringement

SolarEdge Technologies has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese entity, Huawei Technolog...

June 18, 2018
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Install Inequality: Nearly half of U.S. residential rooftop solar potential...

One of the largest barriers to solar adoption on a wide scale is the wealth gap, and it will require more problem-solving than a mandate to ...

June 18, 2018
News massachusetts solar
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
News solar home value
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
News metal roof solar
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
News solar tectic perovskite
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