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kingspan energy school solar Kingspan Energy completes its largest U.S. solar project atop Connecticut middle school
Chris Crowell
October 27, 2017
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Gridtential energy storage: New CEO, new vision for 48-volt battery in solar plus storage
October 26, 2017
News EOS energy storage
New Jersey water treatment plant now prepped with on-site solar-plus-storage microgrid
October 26, 2017
News Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar Energy adds 5.4-MW community solar project to portfolio
October 26, 2017
News Tabuchi 2
Tabuchi updates EIBS solar-storage system, now UL 9540 certification compliant
October 25, 2017
News Soltec PV plant in Mexico
Soltec shows 200 percent growth in 2017, ranks third globally...

Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers and related services, has installed its trackers all over the globe for mo...

October 25, 2017
Mounting Guide Nuance Energy solar install
Nuance Energy installs 530-kW system at Flag City RV Resort...

Nuance Energy, manufacturer of the patent-pending Osprey PowerPlatform and developer of distributed generation solar projects through its Ce...

October 25, 2017
News sollega San juan solar
Powering Puerto Rico: Solar industry helps restore, maintain power post...

The solar industry has been active in efforts to supply Puerto Rico with power after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Sunnova E...

October 25, 2017
News SunLink
SunLink beefs up operations team with two executive hires

SunLink Corp. continues to expand its mounting systems, services and software to become a full-scope solar energy solutions provider. Its tw...

October 25, 2017
News solar finance LDES forecast
Making the solar sale: This online tool simulates PV financial...

With support from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) has launched The Solar F...

October 23, 2017
News RER energy group install
One-year later: Horizon Goodwill says its PV system is exceeding...

Just over one year ago, Horizon Goodwill Industries brought a 958 kW solar generating array online that was built in partnership with RER En...

October 23, 2017
News solar storage demand charge
Three keys for reducing commercial demand charges with solar-plus-storage systems

Researchers from Berkeley Lab and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) show the dynamic tag team potential of solar plus storage ...

October 23, 2017
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DNV GL develops tool to verify lithium-ion battery life, predict...

DNV GL, a resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has created Battery XT, the first testing-based verification o...

October 23, 2017
Inverters and eBOS ginlong solis
Entire Solis 4G inverter line now available with UL 1741...

Ginlong Technologies sent word that its complete product line of Ginlong Solis (NA) Single-Phase 4G PV string inverters have been tested and...

October 23, 2017
News NABCEP new logo
NABCEP launches solar-specialty certifications for PV design, installation and maintenance

NABCEP developed three new specialty certifications for the solar industry in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot I...

October 23, 2017
News Flood clearance_Virginia_Hurricane Matthew Oct2016_2 - Copy
Case study: Prepping solar tracker systems in advance of a...

When the U.S. government declared a state of emergency in advance of Hurricane Irma’s arrival on Sept. 8, we knew what was at stake fo...

October 23, 2017
News standard solar
Standard Solar to build, own 2.5-MW PV array for Maryland...

Standard Solar has been selected by Montgomery Parks, part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), to const...

October 18, 2017
News GTM research solar tariff prediction
Tariff impact on the U.S. solar market in 7 charts...

The imposition of tariffs on imported solar cells and modules is more a matter of when than if at this point considering the Administration ...

October 18, 2017
News sun number wave solar
Sun Number: 84 million homes on Zillow show solar potential

Sun Number and Wave Solar have run the numbers and say that 84 million homes on Zillow show the potential solar generation of the home using...

October 18, 2017
PV Modules Seraphim factory
Seraphim USA looks to fill void in domestic module supply

  Being a large, vertically integrated manufacturer for cells and modules was a solid business practice at one point, and may be again,...

October 17, 2017