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US battery Battery showcase: Four solar + storage solutions for your next project
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February 20, 2018
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What makes a highly rated residential solar installer? Here’s three common attributes
February 19, 2018
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Five more community solar gardens now online in Minnesota
February 19, 2018
News sonnen solar storage puerto rico
Puerto Rico recovery: This solar + storage microgrid helps power off-grid school hurt by hurricane
February 19, 2018
News Sunpreme bifacial modules
Largest shopping mall solar install in California possible because of bifacial PV panels
February 19, 2018
News Vikram Solar
India’s Vikram Solar opening up an office in Massachusetts

Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a prominent rooftop solar & EPC solutions provider, is opening a new...

February 16, 2018
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Check out ReVision Energy’s new branding campaign: Enjoy the Sun

A day out on the lake. A summer afternoon in your backyard. A morning snowshoe trek on your favorite trail. New England based ReVision Energ...

February 16, 2018
Mounting Guide QRail Quick Mount
Quick Mount PV debuts QRail — a rooftop racking system...

Quick Mount PV is simplifying your supply chain, today announcing QRail, its new rooftop racking system featuring patented QClick and QSplic...

February 15, 2018
Projects Mission Solar Energy project
South Carolina school district adds 515-kW system, featuring Mission Solar...

The Edgefield County School District in South Carolina is now the proud owner of a 515-kW solar farm that sits on the campus of Parker Eleme...

February 14, 2018
News Sunnova residential solar-001
Sunnova to offer solar installations in Nevada once again

Sunnova Energy Corporation says it will be offering solar installation services in Nevada once again. You may remember the net metering cont...

February 14, 2018
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar hits 25.04 percent efficiency for large-area IBC mono-crystalline...

Trina Solar says its State Key Laboratory (SKL) of PV Science and Technology (PVST) has achieved 25.04% total-area efficiency for a large-ar...

February 14, 2018
News renewable energy
New renewable energy capacity exceeds that of natural gas for...

According to the latest issue of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) “Energy Infrastructure Update” (with da...

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
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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