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June 18, 2024
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GAF Energy to build solar roofing testing facility with DOE funding
June 18, 2024
News Fronius GEN24
On-Demand: Fronius GEN24 inverter overview
June 18, 2024
Sponsored Content Freedom Forever and Boundless
Case study: Building homeowner trust with Freedom Forever and Boundless
June 17, 2024
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Homebuilder D.R Horton to offer Canadian Solar modules, energy storage
June 17, 2024
News climate insurance
Improve BESS insurance terms with battery behavior monitoring

The battery energy storage (BESS) industry has struggled with securing BESS insurance coverage, with high-profile incidents of thermal runaw...

June 17, 2024
News virtual power plants
EnergyHub earns CEC grant to expand California virtual power plants

EnergyHub is set to expand California VPPs. EnergyHub, an independent subsidiary of Alarm.com, and a provider of Edge DERMS, was awarded a C...

June 17, 2024
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Empact adds Energy Community ITC Bonus Credit compliance to software

Empact Technologies incorporated the June 7, 2024, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Energy Community Bonus Credit guidelines, to its tax incent...

June 17, 2024
News Sunnova AVL QuickBOLT Pitch
QuickBOLT: Sunnova AVL listing, Miami-Dade approval, and expanding product line...

Quality solar system products – from the modules to mounts – prove their value and compliance by testing to standards and gettin...

June 17, 2024
Projects RWE Casey Fork solar site Illinois
RWE begins construction on first utility-scale solar project in Illinois

Site of RWE’s Casey Fork Solar project in Illinois. RWE is building its first utility-scale solar project in Illinois to help the stat...

June 12, 2024
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Hoymiles launches 8-in-1 microinverter

Hoymiles sent word of a new 8-in-1 microinverter designed for industrial, commercial, and large residential projects. Microinverters are typ...

June 12, 2024
News Civic Renewables
Civic Renewables to build national network of local solar installers

Solar industry veterans, with financial backing from GEF Capital, are launching Civic Renewables to create a new business model to empower l...

June 12, 2024
eBOS Voltage
Voltage Clean Energy opens European office

Voltage Clean Energy has opened its new European office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, providing customized, high-quality and cost-effective...

June 11, 2024
Projects Burns McDonnell Consumers Energy solar Michigan
Burns & McDonnell breaks ground on 297 MWdc Consumers Energy...

Consumers Energy is embarking on its first large-scale solar project. The utility tapped Burns & McDonnell to build the 297 MWdc (250MWa...

June 11, 2024
News solar money puzzle piece
Anza: Solar module prices hit a floor in Q2, and...

The solar industry has hit a solar module pricing floor, and prices are on their way back up across the entire industry. This claim comes vi...

June 11, 2024
News solar installer confidence
Loans on the comeback and six more Solar Industry Survey...

Customer acquisition, financing costs, permitting pitfalls and workforce woes are the top “barriers to success” for solar instal...

June 10, 2024
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K2 Systems promotes U.S. production of CrossRail, MiniRail solar systems

K2 Systems says two of its residential rooftop solar mounting and racking products (one of which is new) will be manufactured in the United ...

June 10, 2024
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RP Construction Services adds Hubbell, HellermannTyton for solar eBOS

RP Construction Services (RP), a leading value-added distributor serving the utility-scale solar industry, announced two new partnerships to...

June 10, 2024
eBOS ReliaHome-Smart-Panel ABB
ABB ReliaHome Smart Panel available in U.S. and Canada

The home energy management market continues to grow. Last week, the ABB ReliaHome Smart Panel – ABB’s first residential energy m...

June 10, 2024
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Sunrun CEO: Utilities’ ‘slow and no’ culture impedes energy innovation

Courtesy of ENN — As president and CEO of Green Mountain Power in Vermont, Mary Powell developed the first utility partnership with Te...

June 10, 2024