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Array Technologies Lead photo Four trends leading ground-mounted solar in 2018 from IHS Markit
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December 28, 2017
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Batteries Trojan batteries
Distributor PROINSO adds Trojan batteries to microgrid solutions
December 27, 2017
News inovateus solar
Huge Michigan State University solar carport project now complete
December 27, 2017
News solar frontier
Solar Frontier hits new thin-film solar cell record efficiency of 22.9 percent
December 21, 2017
News FEMA-1 Structure equipped with four 380W solar modules
SunnyCal Solar debuts ‘Collapsible Array’ with disaster relief PV mounting in mind
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
News congress
Exhale: The Investment Tax Credit remains in the latest tax...

The final version of Congress’ tax reform legislation was revealed and left the coveted Investment Tax Credit (ITC) alone, SEIA report...

December 18, 2017
News Freedom Solar
Freedom Solar installs two PV systems for Texas candy company

Those sour green apple candies at Alamo Candy Company are getting a lot greener. Freedom Solar Power recently designed and installed two new...

December 14, 2017
News residential solar installation
Here’s why residential solar is down more than expected in...

Despite more than half of U.S states now being at grid parity — meaning the levelized cost of energy is below electricity bill savings...

December 14, 2017
News PV installations 2017
7 solar install stats to know from third quarter 2017...

In their latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) said prices rose due to a ...

December 14, 2017
News IKEA_Joliet_Solar_Completion
Largest solar rooftop project in Illinois installed atop IKEA distribution...

The largest solar rooftop project in Illinois is now complete, sitting atop IKEA’s Midwest distribution center in Joliet, Ill. Co...

December 13, 2017