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October 16, 2017
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News Palomar Solar PV design
Creative installations: Three solar project designs with aesthetics in mind
October 16, 2017
News SunLink data podcast
SB Buzz Podcast: SunLink VP on tech, data, diversity and the path forward for solar
October 16, 2017
News Servicing a Fronius inverter
Details on expanded Fronius Solutions Provider program
October 12, 2017
News solaredge commercial
SolarEdge will give you $10,000 if you connect the 500,000th PV project to its platform
October 12, 2017
News capital introduction game change
GameChange Solar expands capital introduction program to $3 billion to...

The prospect of lost solar industry capacity and jobs looms in the background thanks to this ITC decision, but this doesn’t appea...

October 12, 2017
News IGS Solar
Maine’s largest solar array now operational

The largest solar array in the state of Maine is now fully operational at the Madison Business Gateway. Madison Electric Works (MEW) is a mu...

October 11, 2017
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, GRID Alternatives partner on grid-tied solar...

Where other industries tried to divide and conquer, the solar industry has made friends. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member Stephanie Yellow H...

October 11, 2017
News Edsiun Microgrids_Chiquita_WestHills_Installation
West Hills Construction to develop 20-MW of rooftop solar tracker...

West Hills Construction, a fourth-generation family owned design/build general construction firm, is developing up to 20 MW of com...

October 11, 2017
Mounting Guide Array Technologies DuraTrack
DuraTrack goes down under: Array Technologies to support six new...

The DuraTrack HZ v3 from Array Technologies, the top supplier of centralized solar tracking systems, was selected for six new Australia...

October 11, 2017
News SEIA
SEIA: Massachusetts net metering cap stalls $78 million in potential...

More than $78 million in solar projects are on hold in Massachusetts, according to new analysis from the Solar Energy Industries Association...

October 10, 2017
News Sunny Boy Storage
SMA America roadshow to feature new Sunny Boy Storage-US inverter...

SMA America is hitting the road starting in November to showcase the new Sunny Boy Storage-US residential solution. The tour will ...

October 9, 2017
News Yaskawa Solectria
Meet Solectria SLX, the newest line of 1,000-volt, 1,500-volt inverters...

Yaskawa Solectria Solar is introducing a new line of American-made inverters for commercial and utility-scale applications: Solectria S...

October 9, 2017
News california solar thermal bill
California solar thermal incentives officially extended until 2020

After Gov. Brown’s signature last week, California’s solar thermal incentives are officially extended, much to the delight of CA...

October 9, 2017
News Parking Energy EV charger
Parking Energy wants to make EV charger installation plug and...

The question whether electric vehicles will become the predominant method of personal transport is no longer debated among industry experts ...

October 9, 2017
News Itek Energy solar panels
Itek Energy cuts ribbon on new solar module manufacturing facility...

With the Pacific Northwest’s solar community looking on, Itek Energy’s Founder John Flanagan cut the ribbon to the company&rsquo...

October 9, 2017
News tigo smart app
Tigo releases SMART app to streamline PV design, commissioning, monitoring

Tigo just streamlined the install and servicing possibilities of its PV systems with Tigo SMART, a mobile application that in...

October 9, 2017
News BASF solar roof
BASF, SoloPower Systems debut solar-integrated roofing system

The next contender in the solar-integrated roofing race: BASF and SoloPower Systems are launching a “multi-layered roofing s...

October 5, 2017
News EV charging stations
NREL asks: What’s the state of EV infrastructure in the...

A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies how much charging infrastructu...

October 5, 2017
News california PACE financing
California beefs up consumer protection for PACE financing

California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills into into law that provide a regulatory and consumer protection framework for Property Asse...

October 5, 2017