News

Solar industry news: Mounting, inverter, PV module, tracker and energy storage trends; net metering regulation; financing, buying trends and more.

Adrian Noronho Fronius USA announces new President and CEO
Chris Crowell
January 5, 2018
Read Article
News Florida solar storage bill
Florida mulls bill to advance more solar plus storage, improve grid resiliency
January 4, 2018
News momentum solar
New Jersey gives $7.2 million tax credit to keep Momentum Solar in state
January 4, 2018
News Sunnova residential solar-001
Sunnova calls on Congress for more aid in providing power in Puerto Rico
January 4, 2018
News solect solar commercial install
Drive more commercial solar projects with these new documents from SEIA
January 3, 2018
News Elizabeth town solar
Pennsylvania retirement community expands solar PV capacity to 2 MW

Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, Pa., is in the midst of constructing a 2 MW solar system, adding to an existing 1 MW solar array. Once the...

January 2, 2018
News Dominion Energy
Largest South Carolina solar project now online with Dominion Energy

Dominion Energy has added two South Carolina solar energy projects – including the largest such project in the Palmetto State –&...

January 2, 2018
News wattnode ac energy meter
Energy metering, management firm Continental Control Systems acquired by SOCOMEC

SOCOMEC an independent, industrial group of based in France acquired Continental Control Systems, a Longmont, Colo.-based manufacturing and ...

January 2, 2018
News solar glass skyscraper
Solar PV glass market projected to hit $33 billion by...

The global solar PV glass market is expected to be valued at $33.7 billion by 2025, according to The Solar PV Glass Market, 2014-2025 r...

January 2, 2018
News Hanergy-Logo
Hanergy working to develop more thin-film PV applications at ‘Green...

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Electric Vehicle at the “Green China – Haner...

January 2, 2018
News Hanwha_Q_CELLS
Hanwha Q Cells adds solar module manufacturing plant in Turkey

Hanwha Q CELLS Co., one of the world’s largest photovoltaic manufacturers of high-quality, high-efficiency solar modules, held a groun...

January 2, 2018
News solar payments streamlined
Four tools to improve your customer service in 2018

The following article will appear in the Jan./Feb. issue of Solar Builder magazine. Sign up for your free subscription (print or digital) to...

December 28, 2017
Solar Trackers Array Technologies Lead photo
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