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Arctic solar ventures Arctic Solar Ventures makes a statement, debuts PV system during darkest day of the year
Chris Crowell
December 27, 2016
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News Duke Energy
Duke Energy says South Carolina solar rebate program a huge success
December 27, 2016
News Nevada solar rates
Is net metering back in Nevada? Well, kind of
December 27, 2016
News Innovative solar systems
Last second Christmas gift? ISS looking to sell 1 GW of solar farm projects
December 22, 2016
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Have some unusable land? Try adding a solar farm like Rock Barn Country Club
December 22, 2016
News Ribbon-Cutting-UCT
Technical school in Massachusetts adds 663-kW solar canopy via Solect...

Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School (UCT), a public vocational-technical high school in Bourne, Mass., partnered with Solect Energ...

December 22, 2016
News S-5-PV Kit-EdgeGrab Large
S-5! fills business development director role with familiar face

S-5! has brought back Frank Hogan to fill the newly created position of Business Development Director, focusing on deepening relationships w...

December 22, 2016
News spower
sPower completes largest operating solar facility in its portfolio

sPower and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) kicked off commercial operations of the 107 megawatt (MWdc) Solverde 1 solar f...

December 22, 2016
News Ithaca College solar array PPA
Ithaca College goes solar with remote-net-metered array

Financier Greenwood Energy and installer Borrego Solar Systems completed a 2.9-MW remote-net-metered solar array for Ithaca College. Borrego...

December 22, 2016
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Blue Oak Energy, Sun Air Solar complete public-private 259-kW rooftop...

Blue Oak Energy and Sun Air Solar today completed a 259 kWdc rooftop solar PV system atop a facility occupied by Abbott’s diabetes car...

December 22, 2016
News Pacific Gas & Energy
PG&E reaches its California rooftop limit — So what happens...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) will soon reach a milestone of 2,409 MW of installed private rooftop solar capacity on the ener...

December 21, 2016
News Fronius featuring entire inverter lineup, giveaways
News on Fronius updates to Solar.web and MLPE solutions

The Fronius Solar Energy Division will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017, and to mark the occasion, it will be expanding its produ...

December 21, 2016
News Roof Tech E Mount Air
Case study of Roof Tech rail-less mounting staying strong through...

Solarize Financial was founded in late 2014 and operates from its headquarters in Mount Pleasant, S.C., just outside Charleston. After worki...

December 20, 2016
News Crius Energy
Details on Crius Solar’s three-state licensing, acquisition of SunEdison assets

Crius Solar LLC is ready to expand its base of operations, starting with securing three new licenses: the Commonwealth of Massachu...

December 20, 2016
News SunLink
SunLink grows executive roster with VP of operations, head of...

SunLink Corp. continues to grow its executive bench strength with the addition of Vincent Sang as vice president of operations and Daniel Gr...

December 20, 2016
News trump solar energy plans
3 reasons Donald Trump won’t kill the solar industry

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump made it clear that he favored coal and natural gas, wanted to kill energy regulations, and that he thoug...

December 19, 2016
News sunpower
New England Solar buys two large-scale Sunpower projects in California

New Energy Solar acquired a substantial majority interest in two large-scale solar projects developed/designed by SunPower, totaling over 13...

December 19, 2016
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar says it hit a new mono-crystalline PERC cell...

Feels like its been awhile since a module manufacturer touted an efficiency record. The wait is over: Trina Solar Limited announced that its...

December 19, 2016
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar makes official CEO appointment

Vivint Solar appointed a new chief executive officer: David Bywater. This may not be a surprise as Bywater has been acting in the role of in...

December 19, 2016
News Suniva
Suniva to start making more high-efficiency solar cells at U.S....

Suniva, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells and modules, just expanded its manufacturing capabilities inside its U.S. headqua...

December 16, 2016