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sunpower Stellar Solar joins SunPower Master Dealer network
Chris Crowell
November 16, 2016
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Mounting Guide GameChange solar rivet mounting
GameChange Solar explains virtues of its rivet module-mounting method
November 16, 2016
News Oregon solar installers shade analysis
Energy Trust of Oregon approves new shade analysis tools to streamline solar installs
November 16, 2016
News KACO blue planet inverter 86
Details on three new inverter models from KACO
November 16, 2016
News mosaic solar cells
MetaShield boasts 1.2 percent efficiency boost for triple junction solar cells
November 16, 2016
News Totem solar platform
Meet Totem: A platform that combines distributed generation, comm and...

Hold on to your socks — Totem thinks it has reimagined and redesigned the smart utility with its new platform. “Totem believes d...

November 15, 2016
News Idaho community solar
How a community (solar) comes together: Details on Idaho’s first...

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is approving an Idaho Power application to build a 500-kilowatt community solar project in southeast B...

November 15, 2016
News EnergySage
EnergySage beefs up financing options in its system with BlueWave,...

As solar equipment and installation costs continue to fall, system ownership has become more accessible thanks to increasingly attractive so...

November 15, 2016
News SEIA
SEIA releases Diversity Best Practices Guide for solar industry

With solar on track to become the most diverse energy source in America, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a Diver...

November 15, 2016
News NRG Home Solar
New report offers plan to help states maximize solar power

As interest in residential rooftop solar expands, utility commissions need to consider how to encourage solar growth while treating all cust...

November 14, 2016
News DEGERtracker S100-PF-DR
DEGER debuts new single-axis DEGERtracker S100 (here are some details)

DEGER sent word that it extended its S-series product line with a new single-axis, sensor controlled tracking system. The DEGERtracker S100 ...

November 14, 2016
Financing Infinity Energy solar
Infinity Energy enters Renew Financial Preferred Contractor Program

Infinity Energy Inc., a solar contractor providing residential installation services across California, has entered Renew Financial’s ...

November 14, 2016
eBOS O&M Alencon
Alencon Systems joins Emerge Alliance for developing DC power distribution...

Alencon Systems LLC has been invited to join the Emerge Alliance, an open industry association developing standards leading to the rapid ado...

November 14, 2016
News Arcadia Power
Arcadia Power wants to deliver community solar subscriptions to anyone...

Arcadia Power, an online renewable energy company, says it is launching the first nationwide community solar platform that would give people...

November 11, 2016
News
O&M news: MaxGen Energy Services acquires commercial services of Next...

MaxGen Energy Services, an independent operations and maintenance (O&M) company in the U.S, serving a large fleet of distributed generat...

November 11, 2016
+ Storage POWERSTATION
FG Fortis Groep USA sets plans for new net-zero building...

The Fortis Groep is an international builder of sustainable and net zero building projects around the world and it has new sustainable and n...

November 11, 2016
News silicon solar cell efficiency
Researchers exceed the theoretical limit of silicon solar cells (hit...

So, get this: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) say the...

November 11, 2016
News Project Sunroof
Google expands Project Sunroof to explore whole community solar potential

Google took its Project Sunroof initiative — a tool to help homeowners discover if solar is right for their house —  and is...

November 10, 2016
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker signs big solar tracker MSA with EPC Biosar

NEXTracker, a Flex company, signed a master services agreement to deliver its solar tracker technology to Biosar, part of Aktor Construction...

November 10, 2016
Inverters and eBOS SMA Sunnyboy inverter
SMA hits 10 GW installed capacity in North America

SMA has increased its installed inverter capacity in North America by 33 percent in less than a year to reach 10 GW. SMA credits the success...

November 10, 2016