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Chris Crowell
January 2, 2018
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News solar glass skyscraper
Solar PV glass market projected to hit $33 billion by 2025
January 2, 2018
News Hanergy-Logo
Hanergy working to develop more thin-film PV applications at ‘Green China’ conference
January 2, 2018
News Hanwha_Q_CELLS
Hanwha Q Cells adds solar module manufacturing plant in Turkey
January 2, 2018
News solar payments streamlined
Four tools to improve your customer service in 2018
December 28, 2017
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Four trends leading ground-mounted solar in 2018 from IHS Markit

The following article is from the Jan/Feb issue of Solar Builder magazine. Set up your free print or digital subscription here. 1. Dema...

December 28, 2017
Batteries Trojan batteries
Distributor PROINSO adds Trojan batteries to microgrid solutions

PROINSO, a global distributor, integrator and technology company in the solar market, has supplied over 2.7 GW of projects and has operation...

December 27, 2017
News inovateus solar
Huge Michigan State University solar carport project now complete

Alterra Power Corp. and Inovateus Solar LLC are pleased to announce that the 11 MW Spartan solar project commenced full commercial operation...

December 27, 2017
News solar frontier
Solar Frontier hits new thin-film solar cell record efficiency of...

Solar Frontier K.K., the world’s largest provider of CIS solar energy solutions, has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell e...

December 21, 2017
News FEMA-1 Structure equipped with four 380W solar modules
SunnyCal Solar debuts ‘Collapsible Array’ with disaster relief PV mounting...

SunnyCal Solar, a solar products company specializing in “personal solar” products, announced the first in a series of new produ...

December 21, 2017
News Schneider Electric inverters
Schneider Electric sending 1,000 Conext hybrid inverters to Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico over 90 days ago and many residents are still without power, making this the longest major blackou...

December 21, 2017
News Valutflex enersys
Enersys offers new line of thermally managed outdoor battery bank...

EnerSys offers a complete line of modular, thermally managed VaultFlex outdoor enclosures for telecommunication, cable, Uninterruptible...

December 21, 2017
News Solar tracker photo 1
Two solar tracker trends noted in Global Solar PV Tracker...

The “Global Solar PV Tracker Market 2017-2021“, just published Research and Markets, forecasts the global solar PV tra...

December 20, 2017
News Solaria
Soligent to start distributing Solaria’s PowerXT 350 Wp residential solar...

Soligent Distribution will begin introducing Solaria’s PowerXT 350Wp modules, optimized for residential deployment, to its n...

December 20, 2017
News Solar Frontier Americas Sells 66 MW Midway I Solar Project to X-Elio_121917M
Solar Frontier sells 66-MW solar project to X-Elio

Solar Frontier Americas Development, a U.S. solar developer and subsidiary of the world’s largest CIS solar energy solutions provider,...

December 20, 2017
Products solar PV data analysis
Utopus Insights just released 5 tools for monitoring, analyzing your...

Utopus Insights, an energy analytics software company, announces the release of five powerful software tools for renewable generation p...

December 20, 2017
News community solar
CleanChoice Energy expands community solar division

CleanChoice Energy is expanding its community solar division and bringing even more solar expertise in house, hiring Tim Ahrens as Managing ...

December 18, 2017
Policy El paso texas rate case
Texas rate case settled — what’s the outcome for solar...

The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a Final Order in El Paso Electric Company’s rate case, the latest in the utility&rsquo...

December 18, 2017
News Sunwealth
Here’s the results of Sunwealth’s 2017 Solar Impact Fund

Sunwealth, a clean energy investment firm headquartered in Somerville, Mass., announced the closing of its 2017 Solar Impact Fund. ...

December 18, 2017
News Ensync Hawaii solar storage
Details on solar + storage system installed at Spectrum facility...

An advanced energy generation, storage and management system at a Spectrum facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, is now live, as part of a power ...

December 18, 2017