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February 1, 2018
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SolarEdge, OMRON team up on optimized high-voltage solar inverter solution for Japanese market
February 1, 2018
Inverters and eBOS APsystems
APsystems microinverters now on Sunnova’s approved vendor list
February 1, 2018
News solar tariff imports
Post-solar tariff roundup: Installation forecasts, SunPower delays, WTO challenge
February 1, 2018
News MCE Solar One Array trackers
MCE Solar One, Bay Area’s largest publicly owned solar project, now complete
February 1, 2018
News mPrest Logo
This Innowatts, mPrest integration looks to improve utility forecasting behind...

If the government is going to inflate the cost of solar, it’s time to turn to even smarter solutions to bring them back down. mPrest, ...

January 25, 2018
News NREL perovskite solar cell
Perovskite breakthrough: NREL gains new insight into how the cells...

Perovskite solar cells are the most tantalizing research category in the solar industry because of their efficiency and versatility, bu...

January 25, 2018
News solar customers
Survey: 12 percent of broadband households plan to install solar...

New energy research announced by Parks Associates reveals 12% of U.S. broadband households that do not currently have solar PV panels are li...

January 25, 2018
News GRID alternatives at work
NAACP launches year-long initiative to provide solar jobs, installs in...

This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the NAACP kicked off a civil rights economic and environmental justice initiative to connect 30+ commu...

January 24, 2018
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NABCEP hat trick: Fronius’ William Burkert earns third PV certification

After becoming a NABCEP Certified PV System Inspector, William Burkert, Solar Application Engineer of Fronius USA, is now a NABCEP cert...

January 24, 2018
News Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency VC Funding 2016-2017
Mercom: Battery storage, smart grid, efficiency companies see increased funding...

In 2017, a combined $1.5 billion was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency companies (an increase from the $1.3 billi...

January 24, 2018
News GTM Research solar reductions
Solar installation five-year forecast reduced 11 percent due to Trump...

According to new analysis by GTM Research, the tariffs on imported solar cells and modules set forth by the Trump administration will result...

January 23, 2018
News OMCO_Solar_Field-Fast_Racking
Here’s a plan to cut solar costs to offset impact...

The moment the tariff decision went into effect, our thought was to immediately find ways to bring system costs back in line with today...

January 23, 2018
News sma-sunrun-agreement-kv
Sunrun selects SMA America as inverter supplier for residential solar...

SMA America has officially entered into a purchase agreement with Sunrun, one of the top residential solar installers in the industry, to be...

January 23, 2018
News NREL Eaton
Eaton, NREL team up on new power management research

To expedite research and commercialization of new energy-related technologies, power management company Eaton and the U.S. Department of Ene...

January 23, 2018
News trump trade case
Trump imposes tariffs on solar cell, module imports

It happened: Yesterday, President Trump’s Section 201 trade case decision was announced, and the decision was to impose tariffs on imp...

January 23, 2018
News Cyboinverters
CyboInverters receive 2017 Global Solar Inverter Technology Innovation Award

CyboEnergy was selected by Frost & Sullivan to receive the 2017 “Global Solar Inverter Technology Innovation Award”. The awa...

January 23, 2018
News cybersecurity solar industry
New report examines cybersecurity threats in the energy sector

Cybersecurity is a growing issue for the U.S. economy, especially for the critical infrastructure that keeps the nation’s energy syste...

January 22, 2018
News solar rebates north carolina
Duke Energy proposes awesome solar rebate program in North Carolina

Now this is the type of thing we are talking about when we say utilities should step up. Duke Energy today proposed a $62 million solar reba...

January 22, 2018
News Trump solar trade case
Solar trade case decision this week: Do these last second...

The outcome of the solar industry’s Suniva/SolarWorld trade case is due Friday, Jan. 26, and the speculation about the decision a...

January 22, 2018