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Chris Crowell
March 27, 2018
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News LONGi solar
TÜV Rheinland presents annual mono PV reliability, efficiency award to LONGi Solar
March 27, 2018
Projects
Largest community solar project in Washington D.C. now online
March 27, 2018
News new york college solar farm
Key Equipment Finance sale-leaseback financing of $5.1 million funds Hobart and William Smith Colleges solar farm
March 27, 2018
Featured Quick Mount PV QRail
Strength in numbers: How solar installers can build business through third-party programs
March 26, 2018
News colorado energy storage
Colorado makes energy storage a right for homeowners

Colorado is the 12th largest solar state in the U.S., with nearly 1,000 megawatts of cumulative solar capacity installed and ranks 9th among...

March 26, 2018
News K2_Clean_Energy_Capital
California country club adds solar carport via combined PPA, PACE...

Solar Gain West selected K2 Clean Energy Capital, a developer of Commercial PACE (C-PACE) financing, to pull together the financing for...

March 26, 2018
News sunpreme-logo-enews
JDS Power joins Sunpreme Channel network

JDS Power, the California-based solar developer and installer, has joined Sunpreme Channel network — a strategic partnership program d...

March 26, 2018
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar debuts utility-scale solution with Huawei, Sungrow, Nclave

Trina Solar Limited launched a new smart PV solution, TrinaPro, at its global headquarters in Changzhou, China, designed for utility-scale g...

March 26, 2018
News Lumidyne Consulting LLC
Report: Solar retrofit market in California hitting saturation point

Despite gaining ground in 25 states in the country, the overall residential solar market declined in 2017 due in large part to a decline in ...

March 26, 2018
News irec solar permit review
IREC looks to improve solar plan review, code inspection process...

When an industry grows as fast as solar, and local jurisdictions across the country have different plan review and inspection standards, sha...

March 22, 2018
News standard solar
Standard Solar installing 1.1-MW of solar across seven Michigan schools

Seven schools within the Flushing Community Schools district in Flushing, Mich., will all be adding solar arrays, designed, built, financed,...

March 22, 2018
News Sterling and Wilson solar
World’s No. 2 solar EPC opens up Arizona headquarters to...

Sterling and Wilson Solar Solutions Inc., the world’s number 1 EPC outside of China according to IHS Markit, announced the incorporati...

March 22, 2018
News microsoft solar purchase
Microsoft completes largest corporate solar energy purchase in U.S. to...

Microsoft Corp. announced the purchase of 315 MW of energy from Pleinmont I and II, two new solar projects in the commonwealth of Virginia. ...

March 22, 2018
News navisun
Navisun acquires OSG Solar I project in Massachusetts

Navisun LLC acquired OSG Solar I LLC, a 2.746-MWdc solar project located in Orange, Mass., that commenced operations in mid-2012. Navis...

March 21, 2018
News SMA's Utility Power Rack
SMA Utility Power Rack solution comes pre-assembled, possible 40 percent...

SMA is now taking orders for its Utility Power Rack 5000/5500, a highly integrated, turnkey solution that offers up to 40 percent integratio...

March 21, 2018
News ABB UNO-DM family
Details on ABB’s new residential inverter series now available in...

The new UNO-DM-PLUS-US series from ABB is now available for immediate shipment in the U.S. Available in five power ratings, from 3.3 to 6.0 ...

March 21, 2018
News solar online training
This online solar training program looks to speed workforce development

Interplay Learning launched a new solar industry training program that will put training capabilities directly in the hands of trade contrac...

March 21, 2018
News SMA Inverter at SMF
Details on 7.5-MW solar project at Sacramento International Airport

The Sacramento International Airport (SMF) added 7.9 MW of solar energy generation across two sites: A 15-acre plot near the airport’s...

March 19, 2018
News Direct Energy solar
Connecticut Green Bank’s PACEsetter award given to Direct Energy Solar

The Connecticut Green Bank awarded Direct Energy Solar and Durham Agricultural Fair Association the PACEsetter Outstanding Project Award for...

March 19, 2018