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Wunder Capital Wunder Capital to further scale solar lending platform after raising $112 million
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April 19, 2018
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News GTM Research global solar market
GTM: Global solar installations to top 100 GW in 2018 for first time
April 16, 2018
News perovskite solar cell
NREL update: The puzzle of scaling perovskite solar cells (and possible solutions)
April 16, 2018
News Green Mountain Power
How Green Mountain Power is transforming with customer-centric, renewable energy programs
April 16, 2018
News solar system rebate
Duke Energy’s solar rebate program approved in North Carolina
April 16, 2018
News Caterpillar - St Charles IL Solar Facility
Caterpillar dealer commissions 500-kW solar demonstration project for Illinois Municipal...

Caterpillar dealer Altorfer has commissioned a 500-kW solar PV utility-scale demonstration project in St. Charles, Ill., as part of a 20-yea...

April 12, 2018
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Growth Profile: How J&B Solar and Electric built its Florida-based...

For many opportunistic entrepreneurs, the solar industry is an enticing place to start a business. There is a demand for sales teams and ins...

April 12, 2018
News GFT Shared Rail Pro Clamps 4
Unirac debuts shared rail version of its Ground Fixed Tilt...

Unirac, Inc. has launched a shared rail version of its Ground Fixed Tilt (GFT), an engineered system of standard ground mount components sup...

April 11, 2018
News ABB Tigo
ABB offers new code compliant inverters for residential solar installers

Following the new SunSpec communication protocol, ABB offers a unique configuration that ensures design flexibility and compliance with 2014...

April 11, 2018
News RdTools
NREL promotes new solar tool to accurately calculate PV module...

How long a product can be expected to perform at a high level is a fundamental indication of quality and durability. In the solar industry, ...

April 11, 2018
News south carolina solar net metering
Utilities scramble at last second to defeat popular solar bill...

Less than a week after the South Carolina House passed House Bill 4421 (the Electric Consumer Bill of Rights Act) with bipasrtisan support, ...

April 11, 2018
News nearmap
Aurora Solar sales, design software now includes HD aerial images...

Aurora Solar, a solar sales and design software leader that was in our nine customer service products to watch, sent word that it is now par...

April 11, 2018
News GE Brilliance inverters
GE Power ships 40 MW of Brilliance solar inverters to...

GE Power recently successfully delivered and commissioned its Brilliance Solar Inverters to Pacifico Energy Osaki GK for the 40.32-megawatt ...

April 11, 2018
News Clean Energy Collective
Clean Energy Collective RooflessSolar program now up and running in...

Clean Energy Collective (CEC), North America’s leading community solar developer and solutions provider, is now accepting reservations...

April 10, 2018
News GRID alternatives
GRID Alternatives installs its 10,000th solar system for low-income communities

GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communi...

April 10, 2018
News GP JOULE 2.7MW Project in Lake Waconia, MN
GP JOULE completes Minnesota community solar projects with its single-axis...

GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, has successfully completed six utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects through ...

April 10, 2018
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Solar FlexRack adds self powered option to its TDP solar...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in solar tracker, mounting and project support services, is no...

April 10, 2018
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Total corporate funding in solar sector plummets in Q1 2018...

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisiti...

April 9, 2018
News Sungrow inverters
Sungrow, Greensmith Energy working on 1-MW solar + storage project...

Sungrow, is working with Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, to provide an advanced energy storage system ...

April 9, 2018
News south carolina solar net metering
South Carolina moves closer to lifting net metering cap for...

A bill that will eliminate an artificial cap on net metering from rooftop solar installations, allowing for more people to have solar energy...

April 9, 2018