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Pine Gate Renewables New solar in operation: Two facilities developed by Pine Gate Renewables
Chris Crowell
January 24, 2017
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News canadian-solar-logo
IHS Markit customer survey: Which solar module came in No. 1?
January 24, 2017
News hannah solar commercial install
WATCH: Savannah Distributing adds 113-kW system to its roof via Hannah Solar
January 24, 2017
News solar roof dynamics
Solar Roof Dynamics to expand its roofing contractor solar training network into five new states
January 23, 2017
News Indiana solar net metering
Indiana Senate bill on the table to end net metering in the state
January 23, 2017
News PSEG
PSEG buys two solar facilities from BayWa r.e.

PSEG Solar Source today announced it has acquired two North Carolina solar facilities from BayWa r.e., with a total capacity of 47 MWs-dc, r...

January 23, 2017
News Hands on FSP training
Fronius expands Service Provider training program (here are the dates)

String inverter manufacturer Fronius will hold multiple hands-on trainings in the first quarter of 2017 to expand the Fronius Service Provid...

January 23, 2017
News Panasonic HIT panels
Panasonic celebrates 20 years of high efficiency PV module production

Our Innovations Issue, which kicks off the year, has a special focus on high efficiency modules, which we’ve identified as an importan...

January 23, 2017
News ironridge flashfoot
IronRidge debuts new composition shingle solar roof attachment

IronRidge, Inc., a manufacturer of solar mounting products, just debuted a new roof attachment, FlashFoot2, that is designed and certif...

January 20, 2017
News legend solar
TeraFlex saves $30,000 per year with Legend Solar

Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation and a leading competitive retail energy supplier, and Mohave Electric Cooperative (Mohave ...

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
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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