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solar installations increase String inverter market forecast to grow the next five years, led by utility market share
Chris Crowell
November 28, 2016
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News Sigora Solar donation
Sigora Solar donating portion of its proceeds to Haiti humanitarian efforts
November 28, 2016
News EnergySage
Community Solar Marketplace now open for business through EnergySage
November 23, 2016
Financing Mosaic solar financing
Mosaic closes deal for more than $550 million in home solar loan funding
November 23, 2016
News Sunworks
Solar business updates: Sunworks, Cypress Creek Renewables, Beaumont Solar expand their territory
November 23, 2016
News Sunew organic pv
Largest global install of organic PV now underway in Brazil

The largest global use of OPV (Organic Photovoltaic) technology, considered by some to be the third generation in solar energy, was installe...

November 22, 2016
News jinkosolar
JinkoSolar says its entire PV module portfolio meets IEC 62804...

JinkoSolar Holding Co., a leader in the photovoltaic industry, sent word that its entire portfolio of PV modules passed the 96-hour Potentia...

November 22, 2016
Featured
2016 Editor’s Choice Projects of the Year: Community Spirit

We say it every year: When it comes to solar projects, we are all winners. We already announced the winners of our 2016 Project of the Year ...

November 22, 2016
News SunLink
SunLink listed among fastest growing tech companies in Deloitte ranking

SunLink Corp. recently ranked as the fifth fastest growing EnTech company on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fast...

November 21, 2016
News advanced-energy-economy
Indiana advanced energy jobs out pace machinery manufacturing, approach auto...

Nearly 48,000 workers were employed in advanced energy businesses in Indiana in 2015, according to a new report published today by Indiana A...

November 21, 2016
Featured
PERC Up: Boviet Solar tells us how it will provide...

Boviet Solar Technology Co. is probably the biggest manufacturer of solar modules you haven’t heard of. The reason being is the compan...

November 21, 2016
News First Solar logo
First Solar jumping to Series 6 module production, layoffs forthcoming

First Solar is changing things up amid some uncertain times for large, industry leaders like themselves. In terms of production, the company...

November 21, 2016
News solar+storage microgrid
Top Solar Projects of the Week (Nov. 14 – Nov....

Adhesives company shows solar commitment with display panel The 30 kW solar installation created by Velo Solar on the roof of Chemique ...

November 18, 2016
News solar+storage microgrid
Check out this solar+storage microgrid housed in a shipping container

Pure Power Solutions has completed a plug-and-play approach to solar+storage microgrids for remote locations with a system using standard sh...

November 18, 2016
News Geostellar solar power software
Geostellar partners with a national Baptist church to ramp up...

Geostellar continues in its quest to change the way solar systems are sold, this time with a unique partnership involving Progressive Nation...

November 18, 2016
News Solar FlexRack tracker
Solar FlexRack completes Black & Veatch bankability study of its...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and tracking solutions, announced tod...

November 17, 2016
News
Mosaic adds Boviet Solar USA to approved solar vendor list

  Mosaic, one of the nation’s top residential solar lending companies, is adding Boviet Solar USA, the North American arm of Bovi...

November 17, 2016
News resi solar loans and financing
Soligent solar contractors can now access PACE financing through Ygrene

Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc., a provider of residential, multifamily and commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, and so...

November 17, 2016
News NREL thin film module
PV breakthrough: Thin-film solar cells can now be mapped in...

Next-generation solar cells made of super-thin films of semiconducting material hold promise because they’re relatively inexpensive an...

November 17, 2016
+ Storage Ice Cub
Meet Ice Cub: a nifty new home energy storage device...

Ice Energy, a leading provider of distributed thermal energy storage solutions, has launched the Ice Cub – a reimagined way to cool an...

November 17, 2016