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August 7, 2017
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Projects BayWa re
BayWa commissions 28-MW Jacumba Solar Project in San Diego County
August 7, 2017
News kingspan energy
Kingspan Energy installs 500 PV panels atop Ulbrich Shaped Wire
August 7, 2017
News utah net metering solar
Political solar news roundup: Utah net metering fight, ITC case stalls Minn. PV plant, SEIA adds to board
August 7, 2017
Products GreenLink solar support
Meet the new KnuckleHead Solar Support from Green Link
August 4, 2017
News Fronius summer promotion
Fronius inverters now California Rule 21 compliant

Fronius USA received UL certification for California’s Rule 21 inverter requirements, which are required in California for new Net Ene...

August 4, 2017
News New York solar power
Details on new shared solar project for low-income customers from...

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) approved a large-scale solar project in New York City that will generate clean ene...

August 3, 2017
News solar module manufacturing
Analyst: ‘Anyone’ can get into solar module manufacturing

With so much talk about the global module supply these days, and the merits of Suniva’s petition for domestic trade protection, this p...

August 3, 2017
News solar energy eclipse
What’s the impact of the solar eclipse on the solar...

The first total eclipse to impact the contiguous United States since 1979 will take place later this month on August 21, 2017. With enhancem...

August 3, 2017
News SEIA grid modernization
Transparent utility data key factor in grid modernization, says new...

Earlier this week we noted that SEPA was looking for opinions concerning the evolving role of utilities in this increasingly distributed gen...

August 2, 2017
News SolRiver Capital PPA rates
Free PPA Rate Finder tool for solar developers launched by...

SolRiver Capital, a Colorado-based solar investment fund, announced the launch of its free PPA Rate Finder tool for solar developers. Develo...

August 2, 2017
News solar jobs illinois
$30 million coming online to fund renewable energy job training...

A combination of six business associations and social institutions have been named as recipients of funding for the development and administ...

August 1, 2017
News ITC solar trade petition
Suniva case watch: SEIA sends out four ways you can...

The Suniva trade petition really has put the solar industry on hold. Every person we talked to at Intersolar in July seemed in good spirits,...

July 31, 2017
News Pacific Gas & Energy
PG&E to fund $10.3 million in new multifamily rooftop solar...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is making $10.3 million available for the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program, which offers...

July 31, 2017
News jp morgan chase solar energy
Banking on solar: JPMorgan Chase sets 100 percent renewable energy...

JPMorgan Chase will source renewable power for 100 percent of its global energy needs by 2020. The firm has offices and operations in more t...

July 31, 2017
News Darn-It-Beaumont solar
Return customer: Early commercial PV adopter re-ups with second system...

Darn It! Inc., a family-operated distribution and refurbishment business located in New Bedford, Mass., contacted Beaumont Solar for another...

July 31, 2017
News Solar superheroes
Meet Solar for Our Superheroes — nonprofit installing PV for...

Boston Solar, a top residential installer in Massachusetts, just became the exclusive solar partner for the Solar for Our Superheroes organi...

July 31, 2017
News arda_alencon
Check out this DC-coupled commercial solar+storage microgrid from ARDA Power

ARDA Power says it will be incorporating Alencon’s DC-DC Optimizer – the SPOT – into its  DC-coupled microgrid system...

July 31, 2017
News solar energy utility grid modernization
How do we solve the utility identity crisis? SEPA pushes...

Disruption within the electric power sector has led to a changing, and sometimes unclear, role for U.S. utilities — uncertainty that h...

July 31, 2017
News alencon solar optimizer
Alencon Systems updates its large-scale solar DC-DC optimizer

Alencon Systems LLC is debuting latest generation of its DC-DC optimizer, the SPOT, at Solar Power International 2017, Sept. 10 –...

July 27, 2017