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Standard Solar Standard Solar combines six solar sites for 38-MW New York community solar project
Chris Crowell
October 4, 2018
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News Cleveland renewable energy plan
Cleveland commits to 100 percent renewable energy plan
October 4, 2018
News nearmap
Nearmap now offers complete aerial map measurement tools for solar installers, roofers
October 4, 2018
Featured Q Cells
Six solar industry storylines to watch from Solar Power International 2018
October 2, 2018
News california energy storage
California Gov. signs bills to incentivize energy storage installation
October 1, 2018
News BayWa expansion
BayWa partners with top solar distributor in Mexico for Latin...

As part of its ongoing global expansion and investment in North America, global renewable energy developer, service provider and wholesaler,...

October 1, 2018
News simpliphi High Phi
SimpliPhi debuts new scalable energy storage unit to tailor project-specific...

  Building on nearly a decade of successful manufacturing and global deployments of high performance batteries, SimpliPhi is introducin...

October 1, 2018
News Outback skybox
Outback eliminates need for charge controllers with latest solar+storage product

OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., launched the latest addition to its line of solar plus storage solutions at this year’s Solar Power ...

October 1, 2018
News EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables, EnterSolar form strategic partnership for C&I solar services

EDF Renewables North America, a renewable energy developer, and EnterSolar, a provider of distributed generation solar solutions, formed a s...

October 1, 2018
News solar merger
AlsoEnergy continues to merge solar monitoring space — adds Locus...

The ink was barely dry on the news of AlsoEnergy’s acquisition of Draker when word came out that AlsoEnergy is now merging with Locus ...

October 1, 2018
News residential solar costs
Residential solar costs went up nearly $1,000 on average thanks...

Immediately following the U.S. International Trade Commission’s finding of injury to American solar panel manufacturers in late Septem...

October 1, 2018
News Massachusetts solar
Massachusetts DPU (finally) issues SMART program order

During Solar Power International last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an Order approving compensation fo...

October 1, 2018
News Fronius rapid shutdown inverter
Fronius launches inverter with integrated SunSpec rapid shutdown transmitter

String inverter manufacturer Fronius launches the new Fronius Symo Advanced, a three-phase string inverter with an integrated Power Line Com...

October 1, 2018
News solar permitting red tape
Solar industry leaders launch new initiative to automate solar project...

A big issue still holding back the U.S. solar industry in areas around the country is cumbersome and inconsistent permitting and inspec...

September 24, 2018
Mounting Guide Esdec solar mounting (4)
Esdec enters U.S. solar market to change C&I rooftop mounting

Esdec, a leading European solar rooftop mounting solutions provider, is making its debut in the U.S. market this week at SPI (Booth 378). Wi...

September 24, 2018
News sunflare carport vegas
Sunflare debuts new lightweight PV solution for parking structures

Sunflare is a light, thin, rugged solar system that is changing the residential solar roof concept and ready to do the same for parking stru...

September 24, 2018
News Canadian Solar BiHiKu
Canadian Solar’s new BiHiKu module is a 400+ watt bifacial...

Canadian Solar is unveiling a new module at Solar Power International (booth 1604) that combines three innovative solar PV technologies in o...

September 24, 2018
News AP Systems qs1
APsystems launches QS1 Four-Module 1200W AC Microinverter

If you’re at Solar Power International this week, APsystems is unveiling something you’ll want to see: the QS1, a four-module, s...

September 24, 2018
Products Yotta Solar panel storage
Yotta Solar is the latest company to try and solve...

Yotta Solar, a developer of innovative energy storage systems, is introducing the SolarLEAF at SPI this week (Booth 3869), which uses a 100%...

September 21, 2018
News Solaria Power XT Enphase AC module
Streamlined residential solar: Solaria, Enphase Energy, Quick Mount PV join...

Solaria Corporation, a global provider of high efficiency solar modules, is teaming with mounting and racking provider Quick Mount and micro...

September 21, 2018