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August 2, 2017
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News solar jobs illinois
$30 million coming online to fund renewable energy job training in Illinois
August 1, 2017
News ITC solar trade petition
Suniva case watch: SEIA sends out four ways you can help this week
July 31, 2017
News Pacific Gas & Energy
PG&E to fund $10.3 million in new multifamily rooftop solar projects
July 31, 2017
News jp morgan chase solar energy
Banking on solar: JPMorgan Chase sets 100 percent renewable energy goal for 2020
July 31, 2017
News Darn-It-Beaumont solar
Return customer: Early commercial PV adopter re-ups with second system...

Darn It! Inc., a family-operated distribution and refurbishment business located in New Bedford, Mass., contacted Beaumont Solar for another...

July 31, 2017
News Solar superheroes
Meet Solar for Our Superheroes — nonprofit installing PV for...

Boston Solar, a top residential installer in Massachusetts, just became the exclusive solar partner for the Solar for Our Superheroes organi...

July 31, 2017
News arda_alencon
Check out this DC-coupled commercial solar+storage microgrid from ARDA Power

ARDA Power says it will be incorporating Alencon’s DC-DC Optimizer – the SPOT – into its  DC-coupled microgrid system...

July 31, 2017
News solar energy utility grid modernization
How do we solve the utility identity crisis? SEPA pushes...

Disruption within the electric power sector has led to a changing, and sometimes unclear, role for U.S. utilities — uncertainty that h...

July 31, 2017
News alencon solar optimizer
Alencon Systems updates its large-scale solar DC-DC optimizer

Alencon Systems LLC is debuting latest generation of its DC-DC optimizer, the SPOT, at Solar Power International 2017, Sept. 10 –...

July 27, 2017
News solar installer trademark
Top 4 things solar businesses must know about trademarks

What’s the first thing that clients see when they get to your office, or when they recommend your solar services to friends and family...

July 27, 2017
News global PV capacity
Global PV deployment trends: North America trending up, China down

Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations saw a surge in global deployment reaching 75 GW in 2016, a 49 percent year-over-year growth. Look...

July 26, 2017
News Sunrise Solar Solutions
Sunrise Solar Solutions enters SunPower Dealer Network

Sunrise Solar Solutions LLC, the largest locally-owned and operated solar installation company in New York’s Westchester County and th...

July 26, 2017
News Braggawatt
New platform launches to fund small, medium-sized solar projects

Small and medium-sized commercial projects remain the toughest nut to crack for the solar industry, but a new proprietary online process hop...

July 26, 2017
News utility-scale storage
SMA leads discussion on utility-scale solar plus storage projects

SMA America recently hosted an exclusive forum to discuss utility-scale storage & PV solutions. The event, which took place in San Franc...

July 25, 2017
News Panasonic solar solutions
Panasonic names its first group of Premium Solar Installers

Several authorized installers of Panasonic’s HIT solar modules were just promoted to the exclusive “Premium Installer” sta...

July 25, 2017
News certainteed
CertainTeed boosts rated power of its Apollo solar systems

CertainTeed Solar has increased the rated power in its Apollo II and Apollo Tile II solar roofing systems. Apollo II now offers 63 watts of ...

July 24, 2017
News notre dame inovateus solar
Universities adding solar: Update on PV projects at Notre Dame,...

Notre Dame goes solar Inovateus Solar has completed a 144.72-kW solar photovoltaic installation for the University of Notre Dame. The ground...

July 24, 2017
News Pena station panasonic solar project
Renewable energy project in Colorado draws interest from Department of...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with Panasonic Corporation and Xcel En...

July 24, 2017
News community solar toolkit
New York State develops toolkit to streamline community solar projects

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has developed a Solar PILOT Toolkit to assist the state’s munic...

July 24, 2017