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January 15, 2018
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News JINERGY solar modules
Jinergy’s high-efficiency modules first to achieve new IEC certification via TUV Rheinland
January 15, 2018
News Greenskies
Four schools go solar in Trumbull, Connecticut via Greenskies Renewable Energy
January 15, 2018
News Roadrunner Food Bank
Solar Foundation outlines path for nonprofits to go solar in new report
January 12, 2018
News Fluence
Siemens, AES-owned company makes big splash with new solar + storage system
January 12, 2018
News NEXTracker
Get to know NEXTracker’s Energy Storage Solutions offering

Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts the global energy storage market will “double six times” by 2030, growing from less than ...

January 11, 2018
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How Dominion Energy went from zero to 1.3 GW of...

Backed by an ongoing $1 billion investment, Dominion Energy has grown its solar fleet in Virginia and North Carolina over the last two years...

January 10, 2018
News First Solar logo
First Solar to provide warranty service for Power Electronics inverters

First Solar and Power Electronics have finalized an agreement to utilize First Solar’s PV Operations & Maintenance (O&M) team ...

January 10, 2018
News Helioscope
HelioScope updates functionality within its PV project overlay tool

HelioScope updated its program to provide its own enhanced overlay tool and is no longer compatible with SketchUp or dependent on KMZs....

January 9, 2018
News New Jersey Senate
New Jersey ups renewable portfolio standard, chance to solidify solar...

New Jersey has been one of the leading solar states in the country, and the state’s legislature looks to keep it that way, passing Sen...

January 9, 2018
News new mexico solar project
New Mexico solar project to sell output at lowest PV...

Construction has commenced on a 3 MW solar project in New Mexico that will sell its output below 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, a price Rocky ...

January 9, 2018
News Roadrunner Food Bank
This new partnership will help nonprofits go solar

CollectiveSun, the only company dedicated exclusively to helping nonprofits and tax exempt organizations fund solar projects, is teamin...

January 9, 2018
Featured Inovateus solar buzz
Podcast: How to sell solar in the Midwest with Inovateus...

Outside of the solar hotbeds on the coasts, a solar company might need to be even more passionate to succeed. Inovateus Solar, for example, ...

January 8, 2018
News Trade case solar
Solar trade case update: Here’s a report the ITC sent...

The final outcome of the Suniva/SolarWorld  trade case still hangs over the solar industry as Trump has until Jan. 26 to make the final...

January 8, 2018
News Green Link Adhesive Sealant
New adhesive from Green Link designed for KnuckleHead rooftop solar...

Green Link sent word of a new adhesive/sealant it’s created specifically for use with its KnuckleHead Rooftop Support System...

January 8, 2018
News Florida solar power
Florida utility retires another coal plant, while adding four new...

Florida’s much needed solar revolution continues as Florida Power & Light Co. will be retiring one of the state’s largest co...

January 8, 2018
News DustIQ
Check out this solar panel soiling measurement tool from Kipp...

Soiling of the panel glass is one of the major problems in the rapidly expanding solar energy market, with the attendant loss of efficiency ...

January 8, 2018
News Tigo TS4 rapidshut down
Tigo debuts its most cost-effective rapid shutdown solution yet

Tigo released its new TS4-F (Fire Safety) to join the current TS4 Platform of integrated and retrofit/add-on junction box covers. As the mos...

January 8, 2018
News Nevada solar utility
Solar and wind energy could make up 17 percent of...

In the latest issue of its Energy Infrastructure Update (with data through November 30, 2017), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FER...

January 5, 2018
News Nexamp community solar
10 predictions for community solar in 2018 via Clean Energy...

From an evolving market structure to technology innovation, the community solar landscape is transforming quickly. What does this mean for 2...

January 5, 2018