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May 15, 2017
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News california-solar-map
CPUC relaunches Self-Generation Incentive Program with big focus on energy storage
May 15, 2017
News missouri solar legislation
Missouri avoids anti-solar legislation for now
May 15, 2017
News tesla solar roof
Tesla’s Solar Roof is ready to purchase; Here’s how much it costs
May 15, 2017
News solar coaster bankruptcy
Solar coaster news: SolarWorld insolvent, Ten K stops operations, SunPower down
May 15, 2017
News Servicing a Fronius inverter
Fronius hosting solar inverter service training at headquarters in June

String inverter manufacturer Fronius updated its hands-on installer qualification trainings, which now include system design, product applic...

May 12, 2017
News RibBracket S5
S-5! debuts new RibBracket line for trapezoidal roofing profiles

S-5! just released its RibBracket I-IV products, which are shaped to provide a perfect fit to most common trapezoidal roof shapes. Thor...

May 11, 2017
News APsystems
APsystems names new EVP of US, EMEA

APsystems, a leader in advanced microinverter technology for the solar PV industry, just named Olivier Jacques Executive Vice President...

May 10, 2017
News arctracker
Solar tracker certified: Arctracker Pro readies for U.S. market with...

Recently, the flagship product of Arctech Solar, Arctracker Pro with the world’s first invented redundancy design, obtained the first ...

May 10, 2017
News SunPower_Residential
Small solar installers, system ownership biggest winners in down residential...

GTM Research keeps the books on the solar market place. According to its U.S. Residential Solar Update 2017, the second half of 2016 showed ...

May 10, 2017
News sunverge
New solar+storage partnership coming from PetersenDean Roofing, Sunverge

Leading energy storage developer Sunverge Energy and national solar installer PetersenDean Roofing & Solar are partnering to provide ene...

May 10, 2017
News Panasonic
Panasonic backs up high-efficiency HIT solar modules with 25-year warranty

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America took a big step forward in guaranteeing the long-term viability of its HIT high-efficiency photovoltai...

May 9, 2017
News Snapnrack mounting
On the scene: New solar installation products we saw at...

We attended the California Solar Expo in San Diego last week. Here’s a rundown of some of the notable new solar products we spotted ar...

May 9, 2017
News Florida solar amendment
Solar legislation update: Indiana kills residential solar; Florida close to...

First, the bad news. Indiana says goodbye to net metering Unofficially the most-talked-about bill in the solar industry, Indiana’s SB ...

May 8, 2017
News utility solar data
Detailed look at the utility-scale solar boom the past five...

Utility-scale solar installations — including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies — grew at an average rate of 72% p...

May 8, 2017
News solar permitting process
Twenty-two U.S. cities where red tape for solar energy is...

The case for solar varies wildly from region to region, and a lot of the reason for that involves red tape. Fifty-eight communities in 25 st...

May 8, 2017
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar expands into Rhode Island

Vivint Solar announced that it is expanding its services into Rhode Island, expecting to employ 10-20 employees in the state in the com...

May 8, 2017
News solaria
Solaria’s PowerXT module selected as finalist for Intersolar Innovation award

Solaria Corp. is a global provider of solar module technologies. Its new flagship solar module, Solaria PowerXT, has been getting a lot of b...

May 8, 2017
News Trina solar cell
Trina Solar hits 24.13 percent efficiency with IBC solar cell

Trina Solar sent word that its State Key Laboratory (SKL) of PV Science and Technology (PVST) has set a new record of 24.13% total-area effi...

May 8, 2017
News Solar in the Midwest Map
Winning the Midwest: We look at how a new solar...

You’ve probably heard, but more solar is being installed than ever before. As the cost of solar dropped the last decade, the economic ...

May 8, 2017