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Solar Builder Editors Choice Solar Builder 2018 Projects of the Year: Five projects win Editor’s Choice Awards
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November 6, 2018
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News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar offers new fixed rate solar lease in California to prep for 2020 mandate
November 5, 2018
News solar commercial loan financing
Soltage closes first round on massive 100-MW solar portfolio across five states
November 5, 2018
News solar yellow pages
Solar Yellow Pages is a new third-party site for connecting homeowners to solar installers
November 5, 2018
News solar graphite
Graphite could play a big role in the solar, storage industries
November 5, 2018
News Key Equipment Finance project
Key Equipment Finance funds Massachusetts community solar projects (3.75 MW)

Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp, is providing a $...

October 31, 2018
+ Storage CleanChoice Energy
CleanChoice Energy is teaming with Swell Energy to launch a...

Last year, more than 36.7 million people–including 88,000 Marylanders–were affected by 3,526 reported power outages across the c...

October 31, 2018
Projects SolAmericas REDI Project Portfolio installed with Solar FlexRack TDP 2 Solar Trackers with BalanceTrac
SolAmerica Energy goes with SolarFlex Rack TDP 2.0 trackers for...

SolAmerica Energy installed Solar FlexRack’s new TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers in eight solar projects located across the state of Georgia. T...

October 31, 2018
News solar panel research
Can solar panels reach 50-year lifespans? These researchers are working...

A team of solar energy researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been awarded $1.35 million from the U.S. Dep...

October 30, 2018
News Origis Energy
Largest solar power plant in the southeastern U.S. sold to...

Origis Energy acquired the GA Solar 4 Project from First Solar, a 200 MWac solar asset located in Twiggs County, Ga. This is expected to be ...

October 29, 2018
News RPCS Texas solar site
Statewide Renewable and RP Construction Services build 1.2-MW solar site...

RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and Texas EPC Statewide Renewable announce the completion of a 1.2 MW solar site in southern Texas.&nb...

October 29, 2018
News Schneider-Electric-Logo
Two advanced microgrids up and running in Montgomery County, Maryland...

Montgomery County, Maryland, saw the official activation of two advanced microgrids at its Public Safety Headquarters (PSHQ) and Correctiona...

October 29, 2018
News southeast solar
Which utilities in the South are the most solar friendly?...

How do utilities grade out in terms of their solar friendliness? The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) launched a new website to tell...

October 29, 2018
News PV module degradation
Department of Energy awards $1.25 million to kWh Analytics to...

Understanding degradation rates is important for the PV industry, along the entire value chain. According to the 2018 PV Innovation Roadmap,...

October 29, 2018
News Duke energy commercial solar
Duke Energy launches plan to own, operate non-residential solar sites...

Duke Energy is jumping into the non-residential solar business. The company recently filed to be a certified solar lessor with the North Car...

October 29, 2018
News internet of energy
Internet of Energy update: Google, Stanford, SunTech to collaborate on...

SunTech Drive is part of a new collaboration with both Stanford University and Google that is tied to the Department of Energy’s NODES...

October 25, 2018
News solar foundation workforce
Solar Foundation awarded $2 million to fund solar apprenticeships for...

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) selected The Solar Foundation to receive a $2 million award to support...

October 25, 2018
News shovel in dirt
Dynamic Energy working on the largest community solar garden in...

Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC begins construction on the Capital Region Community Solar Garden; the largest community solar garden in New Yor...

October 25, 2018
News Quinnipiac Campus 2
Inside the complex microgrid design of Quinnipac University

A unique power control system for Quinnipiac University’s York Hill Campus, located in Hamden, Connecticut, ties together a range of g...

October 25, 2018
News solar panel prices
GlobalData: U.S. solar developers to benefit from China’s solar subsidy...

The move by China in May this year to slash subsidies for domestic utility-scale solar projects will ultimately benefit developers in the Un...

October 24, 2018