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Chris Crowell
April 11, 2018
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News nearmap
Aurora Solar sales, design software now includes HD aerial images from Nearmap
April 11, 2018
News GE Brilliance inverters
GE Power ships 40 MW of Brilliance solar inverters to project in Japan
April 11, 2018
News Clean Energy Collective
Clean Energy Collective RooflessSolar program now up and running in New York
April 10, 2018
News GRID alternatives
GRID Alternatives installs its 10,000th solar system for low-income communities
April 10, 2018
News GP JOULE 2.7MW Project in Lake Waconia, MN
GP JOULE completes Minnesota community solar projects with its single-axis...

GP JOULE Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP JOULE GmbH, has successfully completed six utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects through ...

April 10, 2018
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Solar FlexRack adds self powered option to its TDP solar...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in solar tracker, mounting and project support services, is no...

April 10, 2018
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Total corporate funding in solar sector plummets in Q1 2018...

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisiti...

April 9, 2018
News Sungrow inverters
Sungrow, Greensmith Energy working on 1-MW solar + storage project...

Sungrow, is working with Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, to provide an advanced energy storage system ...

April 9, 2018
News south carolina solar net metering
South Carolina moves closer to lifting net metering cap for...

A bill that will eliminate an artificial cap on net metering from rooftop solar installations, allowing for more people to have solar energy...

April 9, 2018
Financing solar commercial loan financing
CleanCapital, CarVal Investors form $250 million equity partnership to invest...

CleanCapital and CarVal Investors, a global alternative investment fund manager, announced a new $250 million equity partnership that, inclu...

April 9, 2018
News New-OYA-Solar-Logo
OYA Solar sells 28 MW of Minnesota community solar to...

OYA Solar Inc. has closed on the sale of four Minnesota community solar projects totaling 28 MWdc with NRG Energy, Inc. The four projects ar...

April 9, 2018
News Schletter FixGrid
Schletter beefs up FixGrid flat-roof mounting system to handle more...

The Schletter Group is releasing a new generation of its FixGrid, a mounting system for flat roofs: The 2018 FixGrid kit system combines the...

April 9, 2018
News Alencon SPOT
Alencon Systems updated its DC-DC optimizer for large-scale solar —...

Alencon Systems LLC is unveiling the latest generation of its DC-DC optimizer, the SPOT-ES V5, at the Energy Storage Association’s (ES...

April 9, 2018
News LIFE EDITED_MAUI_sunflare
Check out how these Sunflare solar panels blend into this...

Graham Hill, founder of the sustainability-focused media outlet TreeHugger and two-time TED presenter, launched a new compact, off-grid, low...

April 9, 2018
News residential solar buying
Residential solar buying trends: Quality matters, storage interest increases

At Bloomberg’s Future of Energy Summit in New York, EnergySage released its latest semiannual Solar Marketplace Intel Report. EnergySa...

April 9, 2018
Financing PACE solar financing
Study shows PACE financing’s big impact in driving solar installations

A federally funded analysis by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) offers evidence that the home-improvement financi...

April 6, 2018
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California retirement community expected to save $250,000 a year with...

The NW Photon Energy and Paradise Village Retirement Community, a senior Independent Assisted and Memory Care Community in San Diego, Calif....

April 6, 2018
News New Jersey Senate
New Jersey solar expansion takes next steps through state legislature

Bills that will expand clean energy capacity in New Jersey continue to work their way through the legislature. N.J. Assemblyman John McKeon&...

April 6, 2018
News CleanChoice Energy
CleanChoice Energy debuts slick platform to connect more customers to...

An issue for community solar, like most solar projects, is customer acquisition. CleanChoice Energy is looking to solve that with a new...

April 5, 2018