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March 22, 2017
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News REC solar
REC Solar completes installation of Hawaii’s largest solar project
March 22, 2017
News unirac
Unirac bumps warranty to 25 years on several solar mounting systems
March 21, 2017
News veto solar bill
Minnesota governor vetoes anti-solar net metering bill
March 21, 2017
News solvay south carolina solar farm
Brussels-based chemical company one of the big REC buyers for 71-MW solar project in South Carolina
March 21, 2017
News spot_etl alencon systems
Power optimizer for PV plants from Alencon Systems achieves ETL...

Alencon Systems successfully gained ETL certification for its newest SPOT – String Power Optimizer and Transmitter – family of p...

March 20, 2017
News yingli solar
Yingli modules chosen for Europe’s largest bifacial PV plant

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. says that Tempress Systems B.V. part of the Amtech Group has begun to construct the Europe’s largest b...

March 20, 2017
News jinkosolar
JinkoSolar promotes long-term solar project financing through new PACE program

JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., is partnering with CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital to offer long-term project financing to US commercial project c...

March 20, 2017
eBOS APS PV Microinverter
MLPE boom: Analysts expect big things from module-level power electronics...

The module-level power electronics industry is witnessing an intense growth phase. Demand is driven by increasing solar photovoltaic (PV) in...

March 17, 2017
News Pika Energy Island
Pika Energy contracts with local New England company for component...

Electronics manufacturing services provider MC Assembly is working with Maine-based Pika Energy to manufacture components of the company&rsq...

March 17, 2017
News SMA America inverters
SMA’s Sunny Boy-US series achieves UL 1741 listing

SMA America announced the Sunny Boy-US series as the first residential inverter to achieve UL 1741 SA (Supplement A) listing, which represen...

March 17, 2017
News Intersolar
Register today for Intersolar, ees shows in San Francisco (July...

One of North America’s largest solar trade shows (and possibly its biggest party), Intersolar North America and ees North America, hav...

March 16, 2017
News Schletter
Schletter Group debuts next-gen fixed tilt ground-mount racking system, G-Max

Schletter Group is introducing G-Max — the company’s next generation fixed-tilt, solar ground-mount racking system. What’s...

March 16, 2017
News solarbos
Details on new AC Combiners, Recombiners from SolarBOS

SolarBOS, a balance of system product developer and manufacturer for the Solar Energy Industry, is debuting a new set of AC Combiners and Re...

March 16, 2017
News hollaender roof racking
Hollaender’s Speed-Rail brand solar pipe rack fittings are now UL...

Hollaender Manufacturing, manufacturer of Speed-Rail brand solar pipe rack fittings, has received UL 2703 Recognized Component Approval unde...

March 16, 2017
News standard solar
Standard Solar acquired by Gaz Métro to expand reach of...

Standard Solar, a solar energy company specializing in the development, installation and financing of commercial solar systems nationwide, h...

March 16, 2017
News Iowa solar energy net metering
Reminder, Iowa: New net metering cap rules to go in...

Net metering seems to be slowly losing its political favor. We turn to Iowa today where the state’s Utilities Board accepted a propose...

March 16, 2017
News texas solar
Texas State College expands solar energy tech program to meet...

To deploy more solar, more people must be ready and interested in doing so. Within a state with a lot of potential, Texas State Technical Co...

March 16, 2017
News RGS Energy
Solarize Granby selects RGS Energy as exclusive solar installer for...

RGS Energy, a residential and small commercial solar company since 1978, has been selected by Solarize Granby, a non-profit purchasing coope...

March 15, 2017
News CALSEIA
Heading to Intersolar? You’ll want to attend this huge networking...

CALSEIA is teaming up with Intersolar and SEMI to host California’s biggest-ever solar industry networking event, Summerfest 2017, at ...

March 15, 2017