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March 12, 2018
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News strata solar
Strata Solar is looking to C&I, community solar as part of growth strategy
March 8, 2018
News Lamar county solar Origis Energy
Origis Energy’s 52-MW solar project in Mississippi officially up and running
March 8, 2018
News Sistine Solar Custom Solar Installation
SolarSkin Design Studio gives homeowners control of solar panel graphic design
March 8, 2018
News JLM Energy Phazr
Wholesale Solar to start distributing JLM Energy storage solutions
March 8, 2018
News Grid Alternatives cap and trade regulation
IGS Energy builds on GRID Alternatives partnership in new three-year...

IGS Energy announced a new multi-year partnership with GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest non-profit solar installer, building on...

March 7, 2018
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Advance Solar & Energy earns Company Accreditation from NABCEP

Advance Solar & Energy has just received Company Accreditation by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABECP). N...

March 7, 2018
News solar generating capacity
Analysis: Renewable energy generation continues to outpace government forecasts

According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data in the latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) &ld...

March 6, 2018
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IHS Markit names Clean Energy Collective a ‘Pioneer’ for its...

IHS Markit named Clean Energy Collective (CEC), one of the leading community solar developers, as an Energy Innovation Pioneer for its role ...

March 6, 2018
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ENGIE North America buys SoCore Energy’s solar project assets

Municipalities, utilities, and corporations in the U.S. are increasingly seeking clean energy sources of power, both utility-scale and decen...

March 6, 2018
News solar window
SolarWindow Technologies boosts power efficiency of PV glass product by...

SolarWindow Technologies has set a new company performance record for power efficiency with a 34 percent increase in performance over previo...

March 5, 2018
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Solaria sues Korean solar module manufacturer for breach of license...

Solaria Corp., a global provider of solar module technologies, filed suit against Genesem, Inc., a Korean equipment manufacturer licensed by...

March 2, 2018
News Fronius symo shade cover
Meet the new Fronius Commercial Rooftop Solution (inverter, MC4 connectors,...

The commercial and industrial (C&I) space is one of the most challenging environments for solar installations because of high ambient te...

March 2, 2018
News LONGi solar
LONGi Solar breaks own PERC solar cell efficiency record (now...

Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd. held a press conference in Japan this week to announce a new record 23.6% conver...

March 1, 2018
News Ensync energy systems
EnSync, J. Walter Cameron Center sell 20-year solar-plus-storage PPA

EnSync announced the sale of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) it arranged on behalf of J. Walter Cameron Center (JWCC) to an undiscl...

March 1, 2018
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IBISWorld: Post-tariff solar market fundamentals remain favorable for buyers in...

It’s been about a month since the #TrumpTariffs officially went into place, and while the long-term economic and pricing implications ...

March 1, 2018
News Beloit University students help install community solar array in Colorado_GRID2017_2
GRID gone wild: Solar Spring Break connects students, solar jobs...

Nearly 200 college students from 19 schools across the country will spend their school break installing no-cost solar for low-income familie...

March 1, 2018
News solarbos
SolarBOS expands design services for large solar projects

SolarBOS has expanded its Design Services team to deliver additional services to customers in the large commercial and utility sectors of th...

February 28, 2018
News Panasonic HIT panels
Blue Horizon Energy, Smartworld Energy latest solar installers to achieve...

Two more Authorized Installers of Panasonic solar Modules HIT have moved up to the rank of Premium Installer. Launched in 2016, Panason...

February 28, 2018
News S5!_ASAP_Brochure
S-5! 2018 Attachment Solutions & Products brochure now available

S-5! has published its 2018 Attachment Solutions & Products brochure and made it available for download. You can access it right here. W...

February 28, 2018