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First Solar logo First Solar Series 6 PV modules are now rolling off U.S. production lines
Chris Crowell
December 6, 2017
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News Duke Energy
Duke Energy takes full ownership of REC Solar
December 6, 2017
News mod solar
This open platform for creating solar proposals is re-focusing to help small solar installers
December 6, 2017
News trump solar energy plans
Solar industry tells Trump to reject tariffs in ‘America First Plan’
December 5, 2017
News NEC Storage systems
Solect Energy launches commercial energy storage division
December 4, 2017
+ Storage JLM Energy Phazr MicroStorage
Arizona Public Services territory sees a bunch of Phazr MicroStorage...

JLM Energy has installed and commissioned more than a dozen residential Phazr MicroStorage plus solar projects in locations throughout the g...

December 4, 2017
Inverters and eBOS SMA utility solar
SMA’s utility-scale storage inverters now all UL-listed

SMA just announced two new power classes for its utility-scale storage product portfolio. Now available, the Sunny Central Storage 2750-EV-U...

November 30, 2017
News Fronius Grid Alternatives
GRID Alternatives earns workforce development grant from Bank of America...

GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communi...

November 30, 2017
News Hannah Solar Government Services
Hannah Solar to design solar+storage microgrid at U.S. Air Force...

The U.S. Air Force is adding a microgrid with PV and storage on their remote base in Wake Island, and Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS...

November 30, 2017
News Ohio utility solar
Ohio PUC to update state net metering rules (for the...

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) updated rules that govern net metering in the state, and the changes have some positives and ...

November 29, 2017
News Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric expands power ratings of Conext SmartGen inverter line

Schneider Electric Solar has extended its Conext SmartGen inverter power ratings for greater flexibility and optimization of both small and ...

November 29, 2017
News solar schools
Number of schools using solar energy has doubled in three...

Schools and solar are a perfect match. This is no longer just a theory either, with 5,489 K-12 schools in the United States now using solar ...

November 29, 2017
News section 201 solar trade case
Solar trade case update: Timeline may be pushed back, says...

The only thing that has been certain this entire Section 201 trade case process has been the timeline of when decisions would be made. Well,...

November 29, 2017
News solar home value
How solar systems impact home value — a new guide...

Customer education is a top priority for the solar industry. How will this affect my home value is among those chief questions that home own...

November 28, 2017
News NREL solar window
NREL labs demo a high-efficiency solar window that tints

Thermochromic windows capable of converting sunlight into electricity at a high efficiency have been developed by scientists at the U.S. Dep...

November 28, 2017
News community solar
This community solar ‘Solutions Toolbox’ looks to grow the shared-solar...

Noted in our top feature this week, community solar is a growing opportunity in various markets across the country. One big effort in its ex...

November 28, 2017
News Landwehr mounted 10-MW of community solar
Pile Problems: How Landwehr mounted 10-MW of community solar after...

The team at Landwehr Construction encountered one of its toughest community solar installs in Eastern Minnesota thanks to 25-plus ft of weat...

November 27, 2017
News solar michigan
Michigan solar market gains new level of certainty after commission...

Progress continues to come in the Midwest solar industry. What many Midwest markets lack in higher, conducive rates, they are starting to ga...

November 27, 2017
News solar-tectic
Solar-Tectic earns patent for CIGS thin-film tandem solar cell

A patent application for Solar-Tectic LLC’s CIGS thin-film tandem solar cell has been allowed by the US Patent and Trademark Offi...

November 27, 2017
News Solar-Farm-Prices-Going-Up
Innovative Solar Systems says ‘overwhelming demand’ for its utility-scale solar...

Innovative Solar Systems currently has two featured solar farm portfolios per month in the 500 MW-1 GW size range for interested utility-sca...

November 27, 2017