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Chris Crowell
June 7, 2018
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News Cedarvale Installed with Solar FlexRack
Solar FlexRack expands solar services across Western Canada
June 6, 2018
News GRID alternatives at work
GRID Alternatives rebrands solar installation program Energy for All
June 6, 2018
Inverters and eBOS ABB TRIO-60-60 kw
ABB releases 60-kW TRIO-TM smart solar inverter
June 6, 2018
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge launches new web-based PV system design tool
June 6, 2018
30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff
Saving costs with large-scale string inverter design, part 2

During this first week of Attack the Tariff, we are looking at all of the efficiencies to be gained and costs to be saved through large-scal...

June 6, 2018
News plug and play solar adhesive mount
Research finds solar PV systems attached with adhesives actually improve...

Attaching solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to roofs with high-performance adhesives can not only substantially reduce the cost and complexity ...

June 4, 2018
News hanwha
Hanwha Q CELLS to open solar module manufacturing plant in...

Hanwha Q CELLS says it is building a new 1.6-GW solar module manufacturing facility in Whitfield County, Ga., that is scheduled to be comple...

June 4, 2018
News 8minutenergy solar
Largest solar project on tribal land being developed by NV...

NV Energy is developing a 300 MW (420 MW-dc) solar facility on the Moapa River Indian Reservation about 30 miles north of Las Vegas, which w...

June 4, 2018
Inverters and eBOS ABB_Ability
ABB adds new predictive maintenance alerts to Electrical Distribution Control...

ABB industrial customers will soon be able to receive alerts for predictive maintenance of their facility’s electrical distribution sy...

June 4, 2018
News Solaria
Dividend Finance adds Solaria PowerXT solar modules to platform

Solaria’s PowerXT modules have been added to Dividend Finance’s solar financing platform. Solaria’s flagship rooftop ...

June 4, 2018
30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff community scale solar
Crowd Sourced: Details on a plan for drastic cost reductions,...

Community solar to this point has been more of a riddle than a segment. Generally referring to shared solar development that accepts capital...

June 1, 2018
News suntegra sunrise solar
New York’s Sunrise Solar to start installing SunTegra solar shingles

Solar shingles are now available for installation by Sunrise Solar Solutions LLC, the premier residential and commercial installer of solar ...

May 31, 2018
Mounting Guide Quick Mount PV’s Tile Replacement Mount
The Replacements: These solar mounts for tile rooftops cut labor...

It’s always reassuring when solar technology moves faster than a federal regulator, even if it is a well-intentioned agency like the U...

May 31, 2018
News LONGi solar
LONGi Solar’s 60-cell bifacial module hits world record efficiency

The China General Certification Center (CGC), an authoritative, independent testing organization, has validated that LONGi Solar’s 60-...

May 30, 2018
News Entergy logo
Largest solar project in Arkansas commissioned, spanning 475 acres

State and local leaders joined executives from NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas this week to celebrate the commissioning of Ark...

May 30, 2018
News sunnova to florida
Sunnova is now offering solar leases in Florida

Sunnova Energy Corp. has expanded its solar offerings in the state of Florida to include solar leases as a way to provide additional energy ...

May 30, 2018
News DNV GL solar module reliability
Solar module reliability improves except in one performance metric, says...

DNV GL, a resource of independent energy experts and certification body, published its fourth annual PV Module Reliability Scorecard report,...

May 29, 2018
News Dashboard_Echo_USA crop
Solar-Log and Amazon’s Alexa team for voice activated solar plant...

Now, with the power of Solar-Log, if you need performance information about your solar PV plant, just ask for it. Solar Data System ann...

May 29, 2018
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Florida’s Advanced Roofing builds out demo solar carport to promote...

Advanced Roofing Inc., Florida’s largest commercial re-roofing contractor, has installed a demonstration project with a solar carport,...

May 25, 2018