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pika energy island inverter Pika Energy’s three-phase Islanding Inverter now UL-1741 listed
Chris Crowell
December 7, 2016
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News nextracker solar storage fusion
Details on NEXTracker’s entry into the solar+storage game
December 7, 2016
News Sonnen battery
SONNEN ramps up U.S. solar+storage sales efforts with new hire
December 6, 2016
News solar company acquisition
Two growing regional solar installers merge to form ION Solar
December 6, 2016
News PSEG
New Jersey extends Solar 4 All program (will invest $80 million in brownfield, landfill projects)
December 6, 2016
News WGL Energy solar Massachusetts
New distributed generation fund launched by Empower Energies, WGL Energy...

Empower Energies and WGL Energy Systems, which operates distributed generation systems in 19 states and the District of Columbia, have launc...

December 6, 2016
News Enphase Energy
Enphase sells Next Phase Solar O&M division to SunSystem Technology

SunSystem Technology LLC (SST) and Enphase Energy are saying that SST has acquired the Residential Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Fi...

December 5, 2016
News solar net metering demand charges
Net metering vs. demand charges: The latest news in an...

No matter how many studies come out to show the value of distributed generation and rooftop solar, there will likely be just as many that st...

December 5, 2016
News lithium ion production
A new, improved lithium-ion production method? Pure Energy thinks so

The solar+storage revolution isn’t quite here yet. To arrive, there will need to be a more economical, efficient battery option for ho...

December 5, 2016
News SEIA
Meet the newest company to join the SEIA board of...

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry, announced today that Cypress C...

December 2, 2016
News ADARA POWER
Diablo Solar adds energy storage services through Adara Power’s Partner...

Diablo Solar Services is going to start offering residential and commercial energy storage solutions to customers in the East Bay area via A...

December 2, 2016
Financing missouri pace solar hero program
HERO program ready to boost solar installs in Missouri

More than 200,000 additional homes across Missouri now have access to the HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program, which enables ...

December 1, 2016
Projects Phono Solar
Details on a completed 28-MW solar farm in Georgia developed...

Phono Solar, a global provider of integrated solar solutions, delivered 90,000 solar PV modules (315-W, 72-cell) to Citizens Energy, a ...

December 1, 2016
Featured
PV Pointers: How dynamic systems increase the value of a...

The primary function of solar will always be to generate energy from the sun. Yet we are seeing impressive advances in how solar interacts w...

December 1, 2016
Products Ingeteam inverters
New 100 kW solar inverter released by Ingeteam

Ingeteam is finalizing the launch of its new PV string inverter, which will make it possible to achieve a power output of 100 kWAC in a sing...

December 1, 2016
News gamechange solar roll form
GameChange Solar adds two new roll forming locations in the...

GameChange Solar announced that it added two additional roll forming locations in Alabama and Georgia to service the southeast market for fi...

December 1, 2016
News Empire Solar
Solar loans over leases: Empire Solar makes its case in...

Empire Solar, a licensed installer of American-made solar panels in the Greater New York City region, is promoting a new financing deal for ...

November 30, 2016
Policy solaredge advanced inverter
Rule 21 compliance: SolarEdge advanced inverters meet UL 1741 draft...

SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announces that Intertek con...

November 30, 2016
News Fronius solar converts nuclear
Replacing nuclear power with solar in Austria, with help from...

Fronius carried out a special project in Zwentendorf, Austria: a PV system has been installed on the site of a former nuclear power pla...

November 30, 2016
News Baker Electric target
Baker Electric Solar installs solar system at San Diego-based TargetCW

Baker Electric Solar, a full-service solar provider, designed and installed a 65.52 kW rooftop solar system for contingent workforce service...

November 30, 2016