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PSEG PSEG buys two solar facilities from BayWa r.e.
Chris Crowell
January 23, 2017
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News Hands on FSP training
Fronius expands Service Provider training program (here are the dates)
January 23, 2017
News Panasonic HIT panels
Panasonic celebrates 20 years of high efficiency PV module production
January 23, 2017
News ironridge flashfoot
IronRidge debuts new composition shingle solar roof attachment
January 20, 2017
News legend solar
TeraFlex saves $30,000 per year with Legend Solar
January 20, 2017
News coronal panasonic solar navy
U.S. Navy, Air Force working on three big solar installations...

Executives from Gulf Power and Coronal Energy, powered by Panasonic, joined officials from Eglin Air Force Base and Naval Air Station (NAS) ...

January 20, 2017
News New Hampshire net metering
Vivint Solar expands into New Hampshire

Vivint Solar has expanded availability of its solar energy systems into New Hampshire, with services beginning in the Manchester, Nashua and...

January 19, 2017
News Solect-Logo
Food distributor Accardi Foods installs solar array with Solect Energy

Accardi Foods, one of New England’s largest specialty food distributors based in Medford, Mass., partnered with Solect Energy to insta...

January 19, 2017
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Legit news in 2017: Wyoming lawmakers table a bill to...

Hopefully not a sign of things to come in other states under a Trump administration, Republican lawmakers in Wyoming have seriously int...

January 19, 2017
News SolarLok PV junction box
This new junction box is designed for bifacial and half-cut...

TE Connectivity, a manufacturer of connectivity and sensor devices, has introduced the SOLARLOK PV Edge, a new-generation junction box desig...

January 19, 2017
News Tom Watson solar
Have you always wondered how Tom Watson’s home PV system...

Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Ambassador Tom Watson has saved more than $15,000 in electricity costs since installing solar panels on his Haw...

January 19, 2017
News Solar Wolf Texas expansion
Boston’s Solar Wolf Energy explains its expansion into the Southwest

With a new year comes news for Boston’s own Solar Wolf Energy (SWE). CEO Ted Strzelecki recently spent time throughout Texas and the s...

January 17, 2017
News power purchase agreement signing
Details on solar PPA deal for Brandeis University coming in...

Four solar project partners — Competitive Energy Services, Kenyon Energy, Borrego Solar Systems and AEW Capital Management — dev...

January 17, 2017
News US carbon emissions by state
5 clean energy charts Trump needs to see before he...

Tyler Clevenger and Daniel Melling from the World Resources Institute sent over the following charts, and we thought they were interesting, ...

January 17, 2017
Featured solar trump agenda
What is the market outlook for the solar industry during...

The following is an article from the Jan/Feb 2017 edition of Solar Builder magazine. Are you a subscriber? Get your FREE print subscription ...

January 16, 2017
News Kumenan PV plant Japan - LR
How Pacifico Energy improved its utility-scale solar power projections

When developing a utility-scale solar PV project, accurately projecting the site’s power output is crucial. For its 33 MW Kumenan PV p...

January 16, 2017
PV Modules yingli solar
Yingli’s bifacial modules take home Chinese Technology Innovation Award for...

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co.’s PANDA Bifacial modules, which just received China General Certification, received another honor from...

January 16, 2017
News Nevada solar rates
NV Energy requests reversal of regulator’s decision to revive net...

NV Energy will not go quietly concerning the recent net metering revival in Nevada and has officially requested that the Public Utilities Co...

January 16, 2017
News Renovate America
What to know about 2017 PACE financing consumer protection policies

Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing – a California home-improvement innovation that has become one of the fast...

January 13, 2017
News Michael Mendik
Fronius USA hires head of solution management at new San...

String inverter manufacturer Fronius sent word that Michael Mendik is now heading the Fronius Solution Management USA, based in Fronius&rsqu...

January 13, 2017