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September 25, 2017
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News Open Utility
Meet Open Utility, a peer-to-peer electricity marketplace gaining steam in Europe
September 25, 2017
News Ameren missouri
Ameren Missouri to boost wind, solar energy investment by $1 billion
September 25, 2017
News Solar Builder Project of the Year awards
FINAL ROUND: Vote here for the 2017 Solar Builder Project of the Year
September 25, 2017
News solar itc SEIA notes
9 notes from SEIA’s call in response to the solar trade case outcome
September 22, 2017
News solar trade case
ITC finds ‘serious injury’ in solar trade case

It happened: In a clean sweep 4-0 decision, the International Trade Commission (ITC) found injury to the domestic crystalline silicon solar ...

September 22, 2017
News Standard Solar podcast
SB Buzz Podcast: Standard Solar CEO talks trade case, Gaz...

At Solar Power International 2017, we grabbed a few minutes of Standard Solar President and CEO Scott Wiater’s time (along with some b...

September 22, 2017
News Solar Flexrack
Solar FlexRack selected for Superfund solar site in Vermont

The Elizabeth Mine Solar Project on the Superfund site in Strafford and Thetford, Vermont, selected Solar FlexRack’s FlexRack Series B...

September 21, 2017
News Tigo MLPE
New stuff from Tigo: Three Duo covers, partnership with SMA

Tigo, a pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, is always announcing new products and partnerships. Here are the latest: Three new ...

September 21, 2017
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar signs deal with ChargePoint to offer EV charging...

Vivint Solar announced a strategic agreement with ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network, to offer Ch...

September 21, 2017
News Soltec
Soltec supplies 13 MW of solar trackers to PV plant...

Soltec is supplying complete tracker equipment to the 13-MW Eagle Point solar PV plant located in the state of Oregon by leading project dev...

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