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solar net metering policy The end of net metering? Report sums up movement to new solar compensation plans
Chris Crowell
July 24, 2017
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SolarWorld Americas launches new Warranty Protection Program, receives cash infusion
July 24, 2017
News sherex washers
Sherex Fastening Solutions debuts new wedge locking washer
July 20, 2017
News sunshot initiative financing
DOE prioritizes solar power plant performance with Power Factors funding
July 20, 2017
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TrueLook offers new 20 megapixel camera for construction jobsites
July 20, 2017
News solar community program
16 community solar projects across Massachusetts being financed by Key...

Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp, is boosting fina...

July 20, 2017
News vector structural engineering
Vector Structural Engineering is issuing 1,500 solar structural certification letters...

Since July 2016, Vector Structural Engineering has issued over 20,000 Structural Certification Letters to solar installers, becoming a solar...

July 19, 2017
News sol voltaics nanowire
Sol Voltaics nets record funding to commercialize its solar panel...

Sol Voltaics has closed a record funding round of $21.3 million, the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company since 201...

July 19, 2017
News tigo ts4 mlpe rapid shutdown
Tigo solidifies rapid shutdown certified partnerships with more than 35...

Tigo, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, has boosted its portfolio of international inverter partnerships to more than 35 inve...

July 19, 2017
News Extech Electronic
New 4-in-1 solar module safety analyzer released by Extech

Extech Electronic Co. (EEC) is releasing the world’s first four-in-one photovoltaic (PV) module safety analyzer. This new EPV-500 offe...

July 19, 2017
News concentrated solar cells
Penn State researchers say new concentrated PV system beats silicon...

One message delivered at Intersolar last week was the need for even better, more efficient technology to really affect change over the next ...

July 19, 2017
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On the Scene: 11 cool things we saw at Intersolar...

Another Intersolar has come and gone, but the product innovations, large and small, are here to stay. At least until next Intersolar. If you...

July 18, 2017
News SMA O&M services
SMA and Cypress Creek enter into 10-year Master Service Agreement

SMA America recently signed a 10-year Master Services agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables, under which it will perform inverter preventi...

July 17, 2017
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar to start installing PV systems in Virginia

Vivint Solar, a full-service residential solar provider, has expanded availability of its solar energy systems into Virginia. “We appl...

July 17, 2017
News soltec trackers
Soltec trackers chosen for high-wind PV site in South Carolina

Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of solar PV tracking equipment, is supplying 28 MW of its SF Utility horizontal single-axis tracker...

July 17, 2017
News ACE_TRUCK 1
AceClamp hits the road to demonstrate entire solar system product...

Starting August 1, the new AceClamp Mobile Training Center will hit the road to provide on-site, one-on-one training for all of its pro...

July 17, 2017
News Ecolibrum racking
New high-density, five-degree solar racking system available from Ecolibrium Solar

Ecolibrium Solar just announced its new EcoFoot5D High Density 5-Degree Racking System. Built on the well-known EcoFoot Modular Platform, th...

July 17, 2017
News LG Enphase ACE panel
Details on LG, Enphase panel partnership that debuted at Intersolar

Module-level electronics are being integrated into panels by OEMs more and more to streamline installations and reduce costs. At Intersolar ...

July 17, 2017
News solaria
Solaria PowerXT modules now being distributed by Soligent

Solaria PowerXT residential solar modules are now being distributed by Soligent, the largest pure play solar distributor in the Americas, he...

July 12, 2017
News Boviet Logo
Boviet Solar adds to PERC module lineup with 3 new...

On display at Intersolar North America 2017 is the latest updates in Boviet Solar Technology Co.’s line of PERC solar modules — ...

July 12, 2017