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California solar bills California passes roadmap to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045: Boosts to storage, multi-family PV
Chris Crowell
August 31, 2018
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PV Modules partnership
Silfab Solar partners with Itek Energy to boost U.S. solar panel manufacturing
August 31, 2018
News Fronius symo
Fronius targets new competitive advantages for solar installers with Smart Solution
August 31, 2018
Projects SunShare_Watkins
SunShare Community Solar Garden project in Colorado kicks off with hands-on “panel-raising” event
August 30, 2018
News Mission Solar sponsor
Mission Solar is sponsoring a couple on a sustainable, solar-powered bus trip around the country
August 30, 2018
eBOS RBI solar Logo
RBI Solar acquires balance of system provider SolarBOS

RBI Solar, Inc. sent word that it has acquired California-based SolarBOS, Inc., a market leading provider of PV electrical balance of system...

August 29, 2018
News lead-acid battery
Lead-acid upgrade? Tydrolyte promotes new electrolyte to replace sulfuric acid...

The lead–acid battery consisting of lead, lead oxide, and a sulfuric acid electrolyte was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston ...

August 28, 2018
Financing Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar acquires community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective

Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, has acquired a 13.5 MWdc community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the nation’s leading...

August 28, 2018
+ Storage utility energy storage
SEPA Storage Market Snapshot shows growing interest in solar plus...

Storage has been more of a buzz word/ discussion topic than an adopted technology on the grid to this point, but the needle is now moving, j...

August 28, 2018
News St Stephens progress
Meet Fellowship Energy, a company financing solar systems for faith-based...

Sustainability is often an important aspect of a faith-based community’s mission, but churches, parochial schools and other nonprofits...

August 27, 2018
Financing Vivint solar
Vivint Solar gets lease option approved for Florida customers

The Florida Public Service Commission has approved Vivint Solar‘s solar lease product proposal, and they are immediately available in ...

August 27, 2018
Inverters and eBOS SMA-Sunny-Highpower-PEAK3-5830
Meet SMA’s Sunny Highpower PEAK3 inverter — a scalable 1,500...

SMA America‘s new Sunny Highpower PEAK3 inverter is now available for ordering in North America and will begin shipping in the first q...

August 27, 2018
Featured solar panels
Shadow costs: How outdated local processes stifle the true solar...

While PV technology has made considerable gains in terms of cost reduction and increased efficiency over the last decade, many authorities h...

August 27, 2018
News Solar Flex Rack landfill solar project
Exyte Energy chooses Solar FlexRack Pre-Cast mounting system for Massachusetts...

Exyte Energy (formerly M+W Energy, Inc.), one of America’s largest providers of EPC and O&M services for solar photovoltaic system...

August 27, 2018
News AP Systems qs1
APsystems to debut four-module, 1,200 W microinverter at Solar Power...

APsystems will unveil the QS1, a four-module, single-phase microinverter for residential applications at the Solar Power International trade...

August 27, 2018
News New York solar school
New York creates toolkit to guide solar development of brownfields,...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority released a new tool kit to provide guidance and resources for communities seeki...

August 22, 2018
Projects LG_LA_Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers training facility now powered by LG solar...

The Los Angeles Lakers, LG Electronics USA and Vaha Energy have partnered to power the state-of-the-art headquarters of the Lakers, the UCLA...

August 22, 2018
News Select Energy solar project
Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Mall adds 2-MW rooftop solar system...

The solar rooftop system at Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Maryland is now operational. The 2-MW capacity project is currently providi...

August 22, 2018
News panasonic
Panasonic, LG solar panels now available through Solaris

Solaris Technology Industry, Inc., a national solar distributor, has now added LG Solar and Panasonic solar panels available for purchase th...

August 21, 2018
Projects constellation
Constellation reveals plans for 10-MW solar site near Ocean City,...

Constellation, an Exelon company, is breaking ground on a 10-MWdc solar energy project that will account for around 20 percent of the Town o...

August 21, 2018