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QRail Quick Mount Quick Mount PV debuts QRail — a rooftop racking system to pair with its mounts
Chris Crowell
February 15, 2018
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Projects Mission Solar Energy project
South Carolina school district adds 515-kW system, featuring Mission Solar modules
February 14, 2018
News Sunnova residential solar-001
Sunnova to offer solar installations in Nevada once again
February 14, 2018
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar hits 25.04 percent efficiency for large-area IBC mono-crystalline silicon solar cell
February 14, 2018
News renewable energy
New renewable energy capacity exceeds that of natural gas for fourth straight year
February 13, 2018
News NRG Solar
NRG Energy’s renewable energy platform acquired by Global Infrastructure Partners

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a, you guessed it, global infrastructure investor, is acquiring NRG Energy Inc.’s integrated U.S...

February 13, 2018
News Indiana utility renewable demand response
Report: Indiana could save $2.3 billion via demand reduction strategies

As utility data becomes more publicly available, the more innovative ideas and solutions can be proposed. Like this: A report issued by Indi...

February 13, 2018
Mounting Guide Schletter GMax assembly
Watch: How a single person can install Schletter’s G-Max fixed...

Steel solar mounting systems manufacturer Schletter kicked off its new blog last week with a quick tutorial on how to install its next gener...

February 12, 2018
Projects Florida Power Light Wildflower Commissioning Battery Storage
Florida Power and Light debuts solar-plus-storage strategy at a major...

Florida Power & Light Co. unveiled a new solar-plus-storage system last week that they say will be the first in the country to fully int...

February 12, 2018
News panasonic
Panasonic, Enphase to partner on high-efficiency AC module

Panasonic Corp. of North America and Enphase Energy Inc. are partnering on the development of high efficiency AC Modules (ACMs). To sup...

February 12, 2018
News sunlink racking
SunLink reports 150 percent growth in total MW shipped in...

SunLink Corp. surpassed more than two gigawatts (GW) of total installed solar projects by the end of 2017. With more than 150 percent y...

February 12, 2018
+ Storage JLM Energy Phazr
How JLM Energy’s Phazr microstorage system helps combat California utility...

California’s new utility rates undercut the value of rooftop solar. To help customers combat this dynamic, JLM Energy has deployed mor...

February 12, 2018
News SEIA CEO trade talk solar builder buzz
Solar trade case talk and what’s next with SEIA CEO...

At Solar Power Northeast last week in Boston, we grabbed 15 mins of SEIA CEO Abigail Ross Hopper’s time to chat about where SEIA and t...

February 12, 2018
News solar jobs illinois
Solar Jobs Census shows first jobs decrease since 2010, but...

U.S. solar industry employment declined in 2017, while jobs increased in numerous states with emerging solar markets, according to the Natio...

February 7, 2018
News SEIA solar power northeast
Solar Power Northeast: More mature solar market ready to weather...

Solar Power Northeast in Boston is the first solar industry conference in this post #TrumpTariffs world, and the collective mood of the room...

February 5, 2018
News Duke Energy
Details on Duke Energy’s solar energy investment in the Carolinas

Duke Energy is one of the leaders in terms of utility solar energy investment — so much so that it was a big funder of SEIA’s ef...

February 5, 2018
News Southern Power Company
Southern Power acquires 20 MW Gaskell West 1 Solar Facility

Southern Power, the wholesale subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired the 20 MWac/28 MWp Gaskell West 1 Solar Facility, located in sout...

February 5, 2018
News ecolibrium solar
This is Certifiable: Ecolibrium Solar walks us through the UL...

Simplification is one of the key objectives of the solar industry, but the path to get there, ironically, is super detailed. Removing compon...

February 5, 2018
News perovskite solar cells
NREL researchers prove perovskite solar cells more stable than previously...

Over the past decade, perovskites have rapidly evolved into a promising technology, now with the ability to convert about 23 percent of sunl...

February 5, 2018
News snapnrack rl mounting
SnapNrack’s new RL System requires only four components

SnapNrack announced late last year that it would be debuting its all new RL System, which was to further reduce solar install...

February 2, 2018