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pika solar storage Panasonic now offering beefed up battery for residential solar + storage (17.1 kWh of capacity)
Chris Crowell
May 24, 2018
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News solar panel recycling
Solar panel recycling market to hit $270 million by 2023
May 23, 2018
News Button_Mount_With_Cable_Tie_HellermannTyton
New Button Mount with Cable Tie and Locking Clamp now available from HellermannTyton
May 23, 2018
News NClave solar tracker
Trina Solar acquires a controlling interest in tracker company Nclave
May 23, 2018
News Conti solar ohio parklands
Details on the largest landfill solar project in Ohio now being constructed
May 22, 2018
News Attack the solar tariff
Attack the Tariff launches in June to highlight solar industry...

Projections show decreases in solar installations and job growth for the next four years because of the #TrumpTariffs. The good news is: the...

May 21, 2018
News residential solar
Solar industry vets team up to help residential solar contractors...

Solar industry veterans Jeff Spies and Deep Patel have teamed up to start a new business providing engineering plan sets for residential sol...

May 21, 2018
News solect energy
Massachusetts-based Solect Energy expanding operations into Illinois

Solect Energy, a leading commercial-scale developer and installer of solar energy systems in Massachusetts, is expanding operations into Ill...

May 21, 2018
News solar battle of the bands
Solar Battle of the Bands to take place during Intersolar...

Be honest, the Solar Battle of the Bands is the only reason you are going to Intersolar this year. To whet your appetite, the California Sol...

May 21, 2018
News IREC training
Solar site inspection made easy and fun in new IREC...

If you think online training has to be dry and boring, think again, says the independent Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The gro...

May 21, 2018
News Safari energy
Safari Energy awards solar portfolio maintenance contract to SunSystem Technology

Safari Energy has awarded solar PV services provider SunSystem Technology with its preventive maintenance portfolio — a three-yea...

May 21, 2018
News community solar for installers
Community solar wave sweeps through country — how solar installers...

A recent article in Forbes Magazine suggested there are 320 GW of untapped solar potential in the United States. To tap the market, however,...

May 17, 2018
News NEXTracker First Solar
NEXTracker, First Solar team on 600 MW of Series 6...

NEXTracker will begin collaborating with First Solar to provide its racking technology for the upcoming Series 6 panel rollout this year. Th...

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
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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