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January 18, 2018
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JLM Energy is going with Ideal Power for power converters in 750-kW purchase order
January 17, 2018
News Hannah solar install
Solar + storage microgrid being built on Kwajalein Atoll by Hannah Solar Government Services
January 17, 2018
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Sungrow launches 3-MW, 1,500-volt turnkey station, inverter series at World Future Energy Summit
January 17, 2018
Financing california multifamily solar program
Here’s how a new program will fund more multifamily solar projects in California
January 16, 2018
News Shell Solar panels
Shell gets into U.S. solar industry with latest acquisition

If you can’t beat ’em, acquire ’em. Shell is expanding its reach into renewable energy, signing an agreement to acquire a ...

January 16, 2018
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NEXTracker working on a giant 325 MW solar tracker project...

Global solar EPC company Sterling and Wilson selected NEXTracker to supply 325 megawatts (5 blocks of 65 MW each) of its smart solar tracker...

January 16, 2018
News Solar VC Funding 2017
Mercom: Strong Q4 pushes overall solar funding higher in 2017

The year-end solar installation reports for the U.S. were a bit of a downer, but private funding in solar across the globe is up year o...

January 15, 2018
News massachusetts solar energy
Massachusetts DPU approves demand charge on residential solar customers, Vote...

Nonprofit Vote Solar is challenging the controversial decision of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) to raise rat...

January 15, 2018
News NV ENERGY solar
Solar among the projects in NV Energy’s latest RFP for...

NV Energy issued a request for proposals that could add up to 330-MW of new renewable energy projects in Nevada. This additional commitment ...

January 15, 2018
News Aurora Solar site assessment
Aurora Solar remote shading assessment tool now allowed over on-site...

Measurements providing the solar potential of a roof are a crucial piece of information that installers, private financing firms, and govern...

January 15, 2018
News JINERGY solar modules
Jinergy’s high-efficiency modules first to achieve new IEC certification via...

The ultra-high efficiency heterojunction (HJT) module from Jinneng Clean Energy Technology Limited (JINERGY) passed the new IEC standards in...

January 15, 2018
News Greenskies
Four schools go solar in Trumbull, Connecticut via Greenskies Renewable...

Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC completed the installation of solar arrays at four schools in Trumbull, Connecticut. The projects will ...

January 15, 2018
News Roadrunner Food Bank
Solar Foundation outlines path for nonprofits to go solar in...

Nonprofit community-based organizations, such as affordable housing developers and faith-based institutions, face many obstacles to funding ...

January 12, 2018
News Fluence
Siemens, AES-owned company makes big splash with new solar +...

Fluence, an energy storage company owned by Siemens and The AES Corporation, launched a new platform, SunFlex Energy Storage, that...

January 12, 2018
News NEXTracker
Get to know NEXTracker’s Energy Storage Solutions offering

Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts the global energy storage market will “double six times” by 2030, growing from less than ...

January 11, 2018
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How Dominion Energy went from zero to 1.3 GW of...

Backed by an ongoing $1 billion investment, Dominion Energy has grown its solar fleet in Virginia and North Carolina over the last two years...

January 10, 2018
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First Solar to provide warranty service for Power Electronics inverters

First Solar and Power Electronics have finalized an agreement to utilize First Solar’s PV Operations & Maintenance (O&M) team ...

January 10, 2018
News Helioscope
HelioScope updates functionality within its PV project overlay tool

HelioScope updated its program to provide its own enhanced overlay tool and is no longer compatible with SketchUp or dependent on KMZs....

January 9, 2018
News New Jersey Senate
New Jersey ups renewable portfolio standard, chance to solidify solar...

New Jersey has been one of the leading solar states in the country, and the state’s legislature looks to keep it that way, passing Sen...

January 9, 2018