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Chris Crowell
January 20, 2017
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News New Hampshire net metering
Vivint Solar expands into New Hampshire
January 19, 2017
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Food distributor Accardi Foods installs solar array with Solect Energy
January 19, 2017
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Legit news in 2017: Wyoming lawmakers table a bill to end renewable energy
January 19, 2017
News SolarLok PV junction box
This new junction box is designed for bifacial and half-cut solar panels
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
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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
News Florida solar power
Florida Power says it has big solar power plans in...

Florida Power & Light Co., the largest generator of solar energy in Florida, has plans to build on the successful completion of its late...

January 13, 2017
News Suntech DC solar modules
Suntech reports 20 percent conversion efficiency of multicrystalline silicon cell

Suntech, one of the world’s leading solar modules manufacturers recently announced that its highest mass production conversion efficie...

January 13, 2017
News Vivint solar
Vivint Solar closes $303 million of new financing in two...

Vivint Solar closed a fixed-rate, 18-year term debt facility with four institutional investors, totaling $203 million. The new debt fac...

January 12, 2017
News APsystems
APsystems joins Sungage Financial approved vendor list

APsystems microinverters have joined the popular Sungage solar financing approved vendor list. The partnership brings the APsystems adv...

January 12, 2017
News germansolar usa
GermanSolar releases 60-cell, 300-W PERC solar module

GermanSolar USA debuted its 300-W, 60-cell PremiumLine Black and Silver panel with the newest PERC cell-technology adding its highest power ...

January 12, 2017