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June 11, 2018
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News QRail Quick Mount
Florida’s 3D Solar installs first Quick Mount QRail Racking System
June 11, 2018
News Omnidian solar monitoring
Omnidian adds even more solar industry veterans to build out solar-ownership services
June 8, 2018
News sunrun logo
Sunrun provides details on its Florida solar leasing plan — big emphasis on storage
June 8, 2018
30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff CPS Wirebox Installed before Inverter Body
How to maximize large-scale PV site value with string design
June 8, 2018
News Sky Management rooftop solar
Sky Management Services to add 2-MW rooftop solar system on...

Sky Management Services LLC purchased 100 Sanrico Drive in Manchester, Conn. — a 190,000-sq-ft single tenant industrial/distribution f...

June 7, 2018
News Inovateus Solar
City in Kansas developing 6-MW solar farm with Inovateus Solar

Inovateus Solar, Kenyon Energy and the City of Pratt, Kansas, announced the development of 6-MW solar farm project located on the North East...

June 7, 2018
News department of energy contest
Department of Energy puts $3 million into contest to boost...

Amid rumors of a wild nuclear bailout plan, the Department of Energy isn’t totally forgetting about solar, launching the American-Made...

June 7, 2018
News Cedarvale Installed with Solar FlexRack
Solar FlexRack expands solar services across Western Canada

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, has expa...

June 6, 2018
News GRID alternatives at work
GRID Alternatives rebrands solar installation program Energy for All

GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communi...

June 6, 2018
Inverters and eBOS ABB TRIO-60-60 kw
ABB releases 60-kW TRIO-TM smart solar inverter

The newest addition to ABB’s three-phase, commercial product line is the TRIO-TM-60 with immediate availability. This three maximum po...

June 6, 2018
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge launches new web-based PV system design tool

SolarEdge Technologies is launching a new Designer tool to enable faster, easier planning of solar energy system designs. The new web-based ...

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