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Standard Solar podcast SB Buzz Podcast: Standard Solar CEO talks trade case, Gaz Metro deal, new tech at SPI 2017
Chris Crowell
September 22, 2017
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News Solar Flexrack
Solar FlexRack selected for Superfund solar site in Vermont
September 21, 2017
News Tigo MLPE
New stuff from Tigo: Three Duo covers, partnership with SMA
September 21, 2017
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar signs deal with ChargePoint to offer EV charging solution
September 21, 2017
News Soltec
Soltec supplies 13 MW of solar trackers to PV plant in Oregon
September 20, 2017
News solar company revenue software
How Complete Solar doubled its revenue, installs in a year...

  Stop thinking about Section 201 for a second and let’s celebrate a solar industry success story sent our way from Complete...

September 20, 2017
News Laguna Woods Completed 1
Watch: Solar Optimum adds 780-kW SunPower system across Laguna Woods...

SunPower Elite Dealer Solar Optimum is helping Orange County’s premier senior living community Laguna Woods Village embrace energy eff...

September 19, 2017
News solar loan
EnerBank to offer ‘PowerLoans’ to lower solar install payments for...

Need some new financing options for your customers? EnerBank USA introduced its 12 and 20-Year PowerLoan with an optional re-amortizati...

September 19, 2017
News GCL-booth-at-SPI
GCL showcased black silicon, PERC and diamond wiring PV modules...

GCL System Integration Technology, a subsidiary of GCL, has been developing solar modules that utilize new technologies, specifically black ...

September 19, 2017
News Mosaic solar financing
Goldman Sachs to buy $300 million home solar loans from...

Goldman Sachs Bank and Mosaic, a provider of home solar financing solutions, have announced a purchase commitment in which GS Bank will buy ...

September 19, 2017
News solar sunshot funding
Department of Energy boosts Sunshot funding by $82M after already...

I hope it’s not morbid timing that all of these positive solar reports are coming out right before the Section trade case decisio...

September 18, 2017
News Sollega hurricane damage
Photos of Sollega-mounted solar install that survived Hurricane Irma

At Solar Power International, we chatted with Elie Rothschild, sales manager at Sollega, a leading commercial solar racking manufacture. He ...

September 18, 2017
News solar system costs
Solar system costs continued to fall across all sectors in...

The installed cost of solar power fell to record lows in the first quarter of 2017 because of the continuing decline in photovoltaic (PV) mo...

September 18, 2017
News spi trade case seia suniva
The Section 201 trade case ruling is this week, here’s...

This week, the solar industry finds out its fate. On Sept. 22 (at the latest), the ITC will announce whether it finds in favor of the Sectio...

September 18, 2017
News California assembly
California solar thermal incentive bill heads to governor’s desk

Timed perfectly with Solar Power International, the California Legislature passed AB 797 last week. With the bipartisan vote in the Assembly...

September 18, 2017
News LG SolarEdge SPI
LG, SolarEdge release smart module collaboration at Solar Power International

At Solar Power International, SolarEdge Technologies and LG Electronics debuted a joint smart module targeting the high-end residential and ...

September 18, 2017
News SunLink
Details on new solar fixed tilt, tracker Pro packages from...

SunLink Corp. is offering new packages for its GeoPro fixed tilt and TechTrack Distributed single axis tracker products. The goal is to prov...

September 18, 2017
News Pika Energy Island
Pika Energy expands energy storage capacity of Harbor Smart Battery...

Pika Energy Inc.’s Harbor Smart Battery product line, which sold out during its beta production run, now features expanded e...

September 18, 2017
News BCBS-Ameresco-Bluewave_Ribbon-cutting_8_22_17
A 6.9-MW community solar project completed on Massachusetts farm

Ameresco, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and BlueWave Solar just launched five community solar projects with a ribbon cutting cerem...

September 14, 2017
News PowerVision 9.2017
Commercial building PV transformation? Here are two new solar glass...

Endorsed by leading glass and fabrication companies including Pilkington, AGC, and Walters & Wolf, Solaria is ready to roll out its Powe...

September 14, 2017