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Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency VC Funding 2016-2017 Mercom: Battery storage, smart grid, efficiency companies see increased funding in 2017
Chris Crowell
January 24, 2018
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News GTM Research solar reductions
Solar installation five-year forecast reduced 11 percent due to Trump tariff decision
January 23, 2018
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Here’s a plan to cut solar costs to offset impact of new tariffs on panel prices
January 23, 2018
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Sunrun selects SMA America as inverter supplier for residential solar projects
January 23, 2018
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Eaton, NREL team up on new power management research
January 23, 2018
News trump trade case
Trump imposes tariffs on solar cell, module imports

It happened: Yesterday, President Trump’s Section 201 trade case decision was announced, and the decision was to impose tariffs on imp...

January 23, 2018
News Cyboinverters
CyboInverters receive 2017 Global Solar Inverter Technology Innovation Award

CyboEnergy was selected by Frost & Sullivan to receive the 2017 “Global Solar Inverter Technology Innovation Award”. The awa...

January 23, 2018
News cybersecurity solar industry
New report examines cybersecurity threats in the energy sector

Cybersecurity is a growing issue for the U.S. economy, especially for the critical infrastructure that keeps the nation’s energy syste...

January 22, 2018
News solar rebates north carolina
Duke Energy proposes awesome solar rebate program in North Carolina

Now this is the type of thing we are talking about when we say utilities should step up. Duke Energy today proposed a $62 million solar reba...

January 22, 2018
News Trump solar trade case
Solar trade case decision this week: Do these last second...

The outcome of the solar industry’s Suniva/SolarWorld trade case is due Friday, Jan. 26, and the speculation about the decision a...

January 22, 2018
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Our big takeaway from SEIA’s latest Grid Modernization report: Utilities...

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) continues its in-depth look at state-level efforts to modernize the electric utility grid wit...

January 18, 2018
News JLM Energy Gridz pic
JLM Energy is going with Ideal Power for power converters...

JLM Energy is big into commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage systems for ‘behind the meter’ peak shaving solutions ...

January 17, 2018
News Hannah solar install
Solar + storage microgrid being built on Kwajalein Atoll by...

Energy Service Provider, Johnson Controls Federal Systems has awarded Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) a contract to design, engineer...

January 17, 2018
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Sungrow launches 3-MW, 1,500-volt turnkey station, inverter series at World...

Sungrow, a global inverter solution supplier for renewables, launched the SG3125HV, the company’s latest 3.125 MW 1500 Vdc turnke...

January 17, 2018
Financing california multifamily solar program
Here’s how a new program will fund more multifamily solar...

Multifamily housing is one of the most complicated segments for the solar industry given the competing interests of tenants and owners. Cali...

January 16, 2018
News Shell Solar panels
Shell gets into U.S. solar industry with latest acquisition

If you can’t beat ’em, acquire ’em. Shell is expanding its reach into renewable energy, signing an agreement to acquire a ...

January 16, 2018
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NEXTracker working on a giant 325 MW solar tracker project...

Global solar EPC company Sterling and Wilson selected NEXTracker to supply 325 megawatts (5 blocks of 65 MW each) of its smart solar tracker...

January 16, 2018
News Solar VC Funding 2017
Mercom: Strong Q4 pushes overall solar funding higher in 2017

The year-end solar installation reports for the U.S. were a bit of a downer, but private funding in solar across the globe is up year o...

January 15, 2018
News massachusetts solar energy
Massachusetts DPU approves demand charge on residential solar customers, Vote...

Nonprofit Vote Solar is challenging the controversial decision of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) to raise rat...

January 15, 2018
News NV ENERGY solar
Solar among the projects in NV Energy’s latest RFP for...

NV Energy issued a request for proposals that could add up to 330-MW of new renewable energy projects in Nevada. This additional commitment ...

January 15, 2018