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PV installations 2017 7 solar install stats to know from third quarter 2017 report from GTM Research, SEIA
Chris Crowell
December 14, 2017
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Largest solar rooftop project in Illinois installed atop IKEA distribution center
December 13, 2017
News JA Solar
JA Solar sets new wattage record for 60-cell mono-Si PV module
December 13, 2017
News H and H solar projects
H&H Solar completes largest solar project in Iowa
December 11, 2017
News SEIA
Meet SEIA’s new board of directors and division leaders
December 11, 2017
News recurrent energy
Fifth largest public transit system in the country signs 45-MW...

Recurrent Energy LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, signed a 20-year power purchase agreement  for 45 MWac of solar powe...

December 11, 2017
News LONGi solar
LONGi’s bifacial PERC solar cells hit world record ‘bifaciality’

The National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Products Quality (CPVT) issued an independent test report showing th...

December 11, 2017
News Massachusetts energy storage
Massachusetts makes energy storage a priority with $20 million in...

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources was awarded $20 million in grants to 26 projects that will develop the region’s ...

December 11, 2017
Projects solar system gilroy school
Check out this 1.6-MW solar install for California’s Gilroy Unified...

If you need a reminder of the booming solar + school trend, Gilroy Unified School District (GUSD), a K-12 school district with more than 11,...

December 8, 2017
News solaria
Mosaic adds Solaria PowerXT modules to financing platform

The availability of Solaria’s PowerXT modules keeps growing. Mosaic, one of the top providers of solar loan financing for homeown...

December 8, 2017
News solar builder buzz podcast
SB Buzz Podcast: Fronius’ Dan Fortson talks the evolution of...

Dan Fortson, applications engineer for Fronius USA, is a lifer in solar energy – starting back in the wild west days of the ‘80s...

December 7, 2017
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New York makes $3.8 million available for ‘Geothermal Clean Energy...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced the availability of $3....

December 7, 2017
News Mission Solar Energy
Solar installed to power these homes for homeless women veterans...

Cindy Seymour, President of Serenity for Women, believes the following three words should never be linked together – homeless, women a...

December 7, 2017
News Maxgen energy services
MaxGen Energy Services tops list of solar O&M providers in...

MaxGen Energy Services, an independent solar operations and maintenance (O&M) company, now ranks as the No.1 independent O&M service...

December 7, 2017
News Standard Solar DC solar finance
Standard Solar to finance 15 new rooftop projects for DC...

Standard Solar CEO Scott Wiater told us about the company’s plans to start owning and financing more projects, and they are hitting th...

December 7, 2017
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TerraSmart to open N.Y. office to support growing Northeast solar...

In January 2018, TerraSmart, an innovator in ground mount racking solutions for utility-scale solar projects, will open an operational hub i...

December 6, 2017
Inverters and eBOS solar predictions
What will solar systems look like in 2020? Fronius makes...

In just a few years, we will flip the calendar to a new decade. However, in a rapidly evolving industry like solar, a few years can mean sig...

December 6, 2017
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First Solar Series 6 PV modules are now rolling off...

Tariffs or no tariffs, First Solar is ready to install a ton of PV, making a big splash this week by officially unveiling its first function...

December 6, 2017
News Duke Energy
Duke Energy takes full ownership of REC Solar

Duke Energy has acquired full ownership of California-based REC Solar, which the company first acquired a majority interest in, in...

December 6, 2017
News mod solar
This open platform for creating solar proposals is re-focusing to...

MODsolar LLC, creator of the solar industry’s first open platform for visually designing PV systems and creating proposals, is re-laun...

December 6, 2017