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Boviet Logo Details on Boviet Solar’s new 2017 module lineup (includes rail-less integration)
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January 4, 2017
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Trinity Solar named fastest growing company in New Jersey
January 4, 2017
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Advanced Energy Economy adds six top energy execs to board of directors
January 4, 2017
News Evelar Solar
Evelar Solar launches cool retail location to sell residential solar
December 29, 2016
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Yingli’s PANDA Bifacial modules receive China General Certification
December 29, 2016
News Panasonic
Tesla, Panasonic teaming up on solar module production

The long-rumored partnership between Tesla and Panasonic has been finalized. The two companies will now begin to manufacture PV cells and mo...

December 29, 2016
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JinkoSolar donates modules to nonprofit to help two local charities

The JinkoSolar U.S. subsidiary was in the giving spirit this holiday season and donated 14 kW to RE-volv, a solar non-profit and member of t...

December 29, 2016
News momentum solar
Details on Momentum Solar’s new solar monitoring service for homeowners

Momentum Solar says it has seen rapid growth over the past few years as more educated homeowners are adopting solar to take advantage of the...

December 29, 2016
News ohio solar installation
Ohio governor vetoes anti-renewables energy bill

Ohio, the home state of Solar Builder, is laughably behind a lot of the country in terms of renewable energy adoption (we are sure to s...

December 27, 2016
News arizona solar net metering
Arizona PUC votes to end net metering (cue sad trombone)

The sunniest places in the country really like to limit that potential, it seems. The latest state to “save its taxpayers” from ...

December 27, 2016
News Arctic solar ventures
Arctic Solar Ventures makes a statement, debuts PV system during...

Even on the darkest day of the year — in one of the darkest states — solar finds a way. A solar installation on a building at 88...

December 27, 2016
News Duke Energy
Duke Energy says South Carolina solar rebate program a huge...

Duke Energy is hyped about solar installations in South Carolina. Act 236, an omnibus solar bill passed by the South Carolina General Assemb...

December 27, 2016
News Nevada solar rates
Is net metering back in Nevada? Well, kind of

The number one net metering saga of 2016 was that of Nevada, which ended its program and caused a mass exodus of solar installation companie...

December 27, 2016
News Innovative solar systems
Last second Christmas gift? ISS looking to sell 1 GW...

Innovative Solar Systems has just released almost 1 Gigawatts of Solar Farm projects to the market for immediate purchase and build out by e...

December 22, 2016
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Have some unusable land? Try adding a solar farm like...

Melink Corp. has completed development of a 5.25 MW solar farm in the Charlotte, N.C., metro region. Located on land owned by...

December 22, 2016
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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
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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
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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