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October 14, 2016
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News solect solar commercial install
Top 6 Solar Projects of the Week (Oct. 10 – Oct. 14)
October 14, 2016
News SEIA
SEIA launches two new working groups focused on O&M and safety
October 14, 2016
News Roof Tech
EFS Energy discusses move from railed mounting to railless with Roof Tech’s E Mount Air
October 13, 2016
News solar sponsorship PetersenDean
Solar installer buys naming rights to NHL team’s ice rinks
October 13, 2016
Inverters and eBOS Sungrow IGEM 2016
Sungrow showcases new string inverter at International Greentech & Eco...

Sungrow showcased the SG2500-MV central inverter and the new SG60KTL string inverter, at the International Greentech & Eco Products Exhi...

October 13, 2016
News advanced-energy-economy
AEE leads discussions on improving energy efficiency in Illinois

Advanced Energy Economy Instituteis meeting with utility, advanced energy, and thought leaders in Illinois (and Chicago, specifically) to di...

October 13, 2016
News solar industry capital investments
Mercom: Solar corporate funding hits $3 billion in Q3 2016

Mercom Capital Group LLC, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisitio...

October 13, 2016
News sonnen batterie
sonnen partners with AutoGrid on new energy storage option

sonnen and AutoGrid Systems have partnered to fully integrate AutoGrid’s flexibility management application suite, AutoGrid Flex, with...

October 12, 2016
News ABB inverters
Details on new scalable microgrid solution from ABB

ABB announced a modular and scalable “plug and play” microgrid solution to address the globally growing demand for flexible tech...

October 12, 2016
PV Modules solar frontier
Thin-film module maker Solar Frontier surpasses 4 GW globally

We have a thin-film segment update coming in our Nov/Dec issue. Spoiler: there are some things happening there. Case in point, Solar Frontie...

October 12, 2016
News Geostellar solar power software
Geostellar closes $7 million in funding to expand its independent...

Geostellar is making moves, and solar installers should be watching. The online solar energy platform just closed $7 million in financing le...

October 12, 2016
News Solar FlexRack Installed in the largest solar project in Iowa
Iowa’s largest utility-scale solar project installed with Solar FlexRack’s G3...

The largest utility-scale solar power generation project in Iowa, a 2.3-MW plant (the largest of the series, which will include five systems...

October 11, 2016
News BayWa re
BayWa r.e. Solar is opening a new fulfillment center in...

U.S. solar wholesale distributor BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC continues its U.S. expansion by opening another fulfillment center, this time ...

October 11, 2016
News silfab solar modules
Auric Solar signs 15 MW deal with PV module manufacturer...

Silfab Solar, a PV module manufacturer, announced a long-term partnership with Auric Solar and distributor Russell Pacific to supply Auric w...

October 11, 2016
News arizona public service APS
First non-California utility achieves 1 GW of solar energy capacity

Arizona Public Service (APS) surpassed 1 GW of solar energy capacity, becoming the only utility outside of California to achieve this m...

October 11, 2016
News Momentive Performance PV adhesive
Momentive Performance releases new solar module adhesive

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. featured a portfolio of products that can help enable long durability and cost-effective manufacturing ...

October 11, 2016
News regional solar installers
The key to continued solar industry growth? Regional installers

In our Sept./Oct. issue, we looked at the trendlines in leasing vs. owning a PV system — a trendline that is moving more and more towa...

October 10, 2016
Mounting Guide GameChanger Solar
GameChange Solar’s Grid-Lite roof mount system gets DSA approval

GameChange Solar says that its Grid-Lite Roof System was the first ballasted roof system to obtain DSA approval for an entirely ballast...

October 10, 2016
News yaskawa solectria inverters
Check out this fly over of the new solar system...

Yaskawa-Solectria sent along this cool overhead look at one of its latest installations at Green Acres Farm in Wapato, Wash. Project size is...

October 10, 2016