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December 14, 2016
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News solar frontier utility scale
Sneak peek at 106 MW solar project in Southern California
December 13, 2016
News kaco
Ideal Power, KACO team on 360-kW solar+storage system in Alberta, Canada
December 13, 2016
News APSystems
Check out APsystem’s new Energy Monitoring and Analysis website
December 13, 2016
News GTM SEIA quarterly solar installs
Solar stronger than ever? Q3 2016 breaks PV installation record, but residential slows
December 13, 2016
Projects sunpower freedom solar haiti
Solar gives back: Freedom Solar hosting benefit to fundraise for...

Freedom Solar Power and ABC Home & Commercial Services are teaming up to bring a 100 percent sustainable off-grid solar system to an orp...

December 13, 2016
News solar windows
Report: Building-integrated PV to hit $4.3 billion by 2021

Don’t call it a comeback because it’s been here for years. According to the “Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Tec...

December 12, 2016
News Fronius string inverters optimizers
Report: String inverter market to reach $3 Billion by 2021

In the latest “String Inverter Market – Global Forecast to 2021” report, available Research and Markets, the expectation i...

December 12, 2016
News canadian-solar-logo
Canadian Solar’s new solar module production facility is ready to...

Canadian Solar announced that its new solar module manufacturing in Sorocaba, Brazil, is ready to go. The new state-of-the-art manufact...

December 12, 2016
News solar installs utah
Update: Utah solar customers avoid rate changes for now

Last week, we provided an update on some of the net metering debates around the country. Here is what we said about Utah: Following the exam...

December 12, 2016
News IKEA solar project
IKEA reveals plans for its latest solar installation

Forward-thinking companies aren’t adding solar to their rooftops just for the financial payback — they are doing it to make a st...

December 8, 2016
News EIA distributed solar capacity
How much U.S. solar capacity is owned by third-parties?

Distributed solar capacity in the United States, which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 MW or larg...

December 8, 2016
News sungevity online buying
New solar sales partnership formed in select markets between Sungevity,...

Here’s a partnership that could streamline solar sales and installs in certain areas: Sungevity, Inc., a technology company with ...

December 8, 2016
News coronal energy
Panasonic’s Coronal Energy has big PV acquisition plans for 2017-’18

Panasonic-backed Coronal Energy has plans to substantially increase the number of solar PV projects it will acquire in 2017 and 2018. The am...

December 8, 2016
News SunTegra
SunTegra partners with Northeast construction company to spread solar shingle...

SunTegra (formerly known as Integrated Solar Technology or IST), an original provider of integrated solar roof systems, is partnering&n...

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