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May 21, 2018
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News IREC training
Solar site inspection made easy and fun in new IREC online training video
May 21, 2018
News Safari energy
Safari Energy awards solar portfolio maintenance contract to SunSystem Technology
May 21, 2018
News community solar for installers
Community solar wave sweeps through country — how solar installers benefit
May 17, 2018
News NEXTracker First Solar
NEXTracker, First Solar team on 600 MW of Series 6 projects, to feature new ‘error-proof’ panel clamp
May 15, 2018
News massachusetts solar
Massachusetts solar workers to rally at state house Wednesday to...

With the end of the legislative session quickly approaching, solar workers from across the Commonwealth will rally at the Massachusetts Stat...

May 15, 2018
News solarroofhook
SolarRoofHook now an approved vendor of BOS hardware for Sunnova

Sunnova, one of the top residential solar providers in the United States, has recently partnered with SolarRoofHook, a leading supplier of s...

May 15, 2018
News ForeFront Power Logo
First community solar project in PG&E’s Regional Renewable Choice program...

ForeFront Power will build the first community solar project for PG&E’s Regional Renewable Choice program. The program allows...

May 14, 2018
News sunrun logo
Sunrun rides Nevada solar resurgence, opens new branch in-state

Sunrun Inc., the nation’s largest residential solar, storage and energy services company, is celebrating its expanding operations in N...

May 14, 2018
News solar california rule
Three possible shifts in California’s solar market after historic rule

When the world’s fifth largest economy mandates the use of your product, as is case for solar in California starting in 2020, outlooks...

May 14, 2018
News OMCO solar training
Solar job training program launches at Massachusetts vocational school

Unveiled at an official ribbon-cutting by the Massachusetts Secretary of Education, Jim Peyser on the campus of Old Colony Regional Vocation...

May 14, 2018
News solar texas smart meters
Texas to improve its Smart Meter Texas portal, making it...

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved recommended improvements to streamline the Smart Meter Texas (SMT) portal at the Comm...

May 10, 2018
News JLM Energy Phazr MicroStorage
How JLM Energy financed, installed three commercial energy storage systems...

JLM Energy recently signed agreements to install energy storage systems for Modern Postcard in Carlsbad, Thermal-Vac Technology and Continuo...

May 10, 2018
News Ensync energy systems
EnSync Energy jumps into residential solar+storage, includes ‘peer-to-peer’ energy exchange

EnSync Energy Systems, a leader in distributed energy resources (DERs) and business models for commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings...

May 10, 2018
News california new home solar
California makes history: All new homes to have solar panels...

How’s this for a solar shot in the arm: California has approved a new policy that will require virtually all new homes in the state to...

May 9, 2018
News solar net metering connecticut
Utility attacks on home solar continue: Connecticut next to end...

As bad as the #TrumpTariffs were, the regulatory changes and attacks on the economics of distributed generation at the local level across th...

May 9, 2018
News smart electric power alliance
SEPA: Community solar capacity doubled in 2017, driven by third-parties

Community solar capacity in the United States more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, from 347 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2016, to 734 MW...

May 8, 2018
News CleanChoice Energy
CleanChoice Energy launches its community solar portal for Minnesota

  CleanChoice Energy Community Solar in Minnesota is now up and running with more than 42 MW of community solar capacity. The new capac...

May 8, 2018
News solar loans and leases
Solar ownership passed leasing in 2017: Here are three reasons...

Ownership officially surpassed the solar lease as the preferred financial vehicle of homeowners in the United States, according to the U.S. ...

May 7, 2018
News Hannah Solar
Hannah Solar completes 1.2-MW solar project for Otis Elevator

Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) completed the construction of a 1.2-MW ground mounted solar array for Otis Elevator Co. at the compa...

May 7, 2018