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Solar industry news: Mounting, inverter, PV module, tracker and energy storage trends; net metering regulation; financing, buying trends and more.

Elevate Energy New tool launches in Illinois to open community solar market
Chris Crowell
April 4, 2017
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News yingli solar
Yingli uses new n-type solar cell production process to improve bifacial efficiency
April 4, 2017
Mounting Guide Schletter EcoRapid Klemme
Schletter launches a slew of new simplified solar mounting products
April 3, 2017
News Duralabel solar kit labeling
Streamline your PV system labeling with this new kit from Graphic Products
April 3, 2017
News Indiana senate solar bill
Solar policy update: Anti-net metering in Indiana, grid fees in Missouri, upset consumers in Oregon
April 3, 2017
News Brookland standard solar
Details on one of the largest urban solar projects in...

Solar projects have so much more potential when viewed as a collective bundle versus typical one-off projects, specifically when municipalit...

April 3, 2017
News Living Zenith Development
Wheeler Power Systems installs Caterpillar solar system for Utah’s first...

Living Zenith is Utah’s first net zero community setting an unprecedented standard for energy efficiency in the state. With smart tech...

March 30, 2017
News Sunrun logo
Sunrun becomes first large national installer to try Midwest expansion

Sunrun Inc., still plugging away as one of the largest national residential solar companies in the United States, is making its first b...

March 30, 2017
News Resilient power solar storage
Resilient Power Project — a pilot program to install solar+storage...

Seven community-based nonprofits and affordable housing developers have been selected to receive grants from Clean Energy Group’s Resi...

March 30, 2017
News Solar + Storage Backup system
Here’s the price of residential solar-plus-storage systems, according to DOE...

Declining costs in customer-side energy storage products have opened the door for batteries to improve the value and flexibility of resident...

March 30, 2017
News NRG Solar
NRG company Reliant donates $110,000 to Texas animal shelter for...

Reliant is an NRG company that brings electricity, smart energy solutions and home services to business and residential customers across Tex...

March 30, 2017
+ Storage ICE solar storage
Horizon Solar goes with Ice Energy storage system on cultural...

The Palm Springs Cultural Center in California’s Coachella Valley is the proud new owner of a solar-plus-storage system, installed by ...

March 30, 2017
News seliing solar systems
Solar public relations boost: SEIA launches new education campaign

The gap between the public’s knowledge of the value of solar energy and the reality is shrinking, but is still fairly significant. The...

March 29, 2017
News solar array S-5 clamps
Project profile: Church in Hawaii repairs roof, adds 82-kW solar...

Utility costs in Hawaii are higher than most of the United States, so it’s not uncommon to see solar panels installed on larger projec...

March 29, 2017
News Innovative solar systems
Innovative Solar Systems to sell 150 large-scale solar projects

Looking to buy some big solar farms? Utility-scale solar developer Innovative Solar Systems is selling 150 of them — 300 MW to 50...

March 29, 2017
News solar tectic cells
Solar cell update: Inside Solar-Tectic’s patent on new perovskite, crystalline...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent to Solar-Tectic LLC (ST) for a tin perovskite/crystalline silicon thin film tandem sol...

March 29, 2017
News IGS Solar
IGS Solar partners with financial group to work on new...

Financial services group ORIX USA formed a partnership with IGS Solar (IGS), a turnkey commercial and residential solar provider. Together, ...

March 29, 2017
News solaria
Solaria Corp. approved to join CALSEIA

Solaria Corp., global provider of solar module technologies, has become the newest member of the nation’s largest state solar power tr...

March 28, 2017
News solar foundation jobs
New hyper local solar job data: What U.S. cities saw...

New data shows solar employment increased by a historic 25 percent nationwide from 2015 to 2016, for a total of 260,077 solar workers, ...

March 28, 2017
News Copper Mountain SMA inverters
Copper Mountain Solar (94 MW) in Nevada goes with SMA...

SMA inverters were recently selected by Amec Foster Wheeler for Sempra Renewables’ 94 MW Copper Mountain Solar 4 project in Boulder Ci...

March 28, 2017