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October 16, 2017
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News momentum solar
Details on Momentum Solar partnership with New Jersey Education Association
October 16, 2017
News sunation pv install
SUNation Solar to handle all service operations for Level Solar
October 16, 2017
News EPA DOE clean power plan
This week’s sign that solar import tariffs are coming: DOE pushes to prop up coal plants
October 16, 2017
News California solar power
California to standardize disclosures for solar contracts, protect solar customers
October 16, 2017
News jobsite juniors
Solar Builder’s Publishing House Launches Kids Construction Magazine

Benjamin Media Inc., owners of Solar Builder and other excellent trade publications (like Trenchless Technology and Compact Equipment),...

October 16, 2017
News SunModo solar panel gasket
SunModo offers rubber gasket to install between its solar awning...

SunModo is now offering an easy to install rubber gasket that fits snuggly between your solar panels. The company says eliminating thes...

October 16, 2017
News Palomar Solar PV design
Creative installations: Three solar project designs with aesthetics in mind

With the right customer, a new PV system can be more than just a way to reduce an electric bill and even become an aesthetic calling card. A...

October 16, 2017
News SunLink data podcast
SB Buzz Podcast: SunLink VP on tech, data, diversity and...

We sat down, with mimosas in hand at 9 a.m. on the last day of Solar Power International, with Kate Trono, VP of Products for SunLink, for a...

October 16, 2017
News Servicing a Fronius inverter
Details on expanded Fronius Solutions Provider program

Fronius is expanding its Fronius Solutions Provider (FSP) program, a network of solar installers that are certified and trained directly fro...

October 12, 2017
News solaredge commercial
SolarEdge will give you $10,000 if you connect the 500,000th...

GTM Research recently ranked SolarEdge as a top global monitoring provider with more than 466,000 monitored PV systems around the world...

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