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December 8, 2016
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News EIA distributed solar capacity
How much U.S. solar capacity is owned by third-parties?
December 8, 2016
News sungevity online buying
New solar sales partnership formed in select markets between Sungevity, Just Energy
December 8, 2016
News coronal energy
Panasonic’s Coronal Energy has big PV acquisition plans for 2017-’18
December 8, 2016
News SunTegra
SunTegra partners with Northeast construction company to spread solar shingle installs
December 7, 2016
News new york solar funding
New York to help fund solar projects for low-income communities

What won’t New York do at this point to boost solar installations? Gov. Andrew Cuomo just announced $3.6 million in funding to give&nb...

December 7, 2016
News pika energy island inverter
Pika Energy’s three-phase Islanding Inverter now UL-1741 listed

Pika Energy has received ETL listing for the three-phase model of its Pika Islanding Inverter. The company previously announced the UL ...

December 7, 2016
News nextracker solar storage fusion
Details on NEXTracker’s entry into the solar+storage game

Hot off the presses: Not be left out of the latest industry craze, NEXTracker is launching a solar-plus-energy-storage solution for U.S. and...

December 7, 2016
News Sonnen battery
SONNEN ramps up U.S. solar+storage sales efforts with new hire

While Tesla continues to make the splashy headlines to the outside world, SONNEN continues to position itself to make a bigger impact w...

December 6, 2016
News solar company acquisition
Two growing regional solar installers merge to form ION Solar

Vision Solar, a fast growing residential solar installer, and Zing Solar, an established residential solar leader in the southwestern U.S., ...

December 6, 2016
News PSEG
New Jersey extends Solar 4 All program (will invest $80...

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved an extension to PSE&G’s Solar 4 All program. The approval authorizes P...

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