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Solar City When is SolarCity’s roof-integrated solar system going to debut?
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September 26, 2016
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News jinkosolar
First solar module recycling program launched by JinkoSolar
September 26, 2016
News Geostellar solar family incentives
The Uber of solar installation? Geostellar launches Solar Family program
September 26, 2016
News NC Solar residential Install
The trend to ownership: What it means for your solar installation business
September 26, 2016
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Top solar projects of the week (Sept. 19-23 edition)
September 23, 2016
News weather effect on solar panels
Check out this infographic on how extreme weather affects solar...

Thanks to Ryan McNeill, President of Renewable Energy Corporation, for sending this our way. Use the expand button in the lower right hand c...

September 23, 2016
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What factors drive solar PV system prices lower?

Lower solar PV system costs are the driving force in much of the industry today, and strides on that front are the reason solar is in the gr...

September 23, 2016
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Mission Solar Energy adds four new PV module lines to...

Seen at Solar Power International this year: Mission Solar Energy, a San Antonio-based manufacturer of utility-scale, commercial and re...

September 22, 2016
News renewable energy opinion
How is the voting public prioritizing renewable energy?

As Americans count down to Election Day, more than three-quarters (78 percent) believe the winner of the presidential race should prioritize...

September 22, 2016
News solar online shopping
BuildDirect marketplace launches new clean energy portal to sell solar...

BuildDirect, an online marketplace for home improvement products, is launching a Clean Energy section within its Home Marketplace to ma...

September 22, 2016
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New residential energy storage system introduced by Axion Power

Axion Power International released its newest residential energy storage system, further broadening its consumer product line. The residenti...

September 22, 2016
News SnapNrack mounting
SnapNrack hits 1 GW milestone in residential solar space

SnapNrack, a manufacturer of solar panel mounting solutions, officially eclipsed the 1 GW mark for total deployed solar mounting systems &md...

September 22, 2016
News aquion energy nanogrid
Details on cool AC, DC nanogrid installation on Illinois Institute...

An innovative AC/DC nanogrid at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Keating Sports Center was just completed by a team of&nbs...

September 21, 2016
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Canadian Solar orders one of the largest single-project deployments of...

Canadian Solar is going to deploy Ampt LLC DC optimizers in a 33-MW PV system, which would make it one of the largest deployments of DC powe...

September 21, 2016
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The HERO PACE program now available in select Missouri cities

The HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program is now available to homeowners in Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri....

September 21, 2016
News maine solar net metering
Maine PUC proposes rule to phase out net-metering

The ups and downs of Maine’s solar industry continue after its Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed rule that would make...

September 21, 2016
News Array Technologies
ATI expands partnership with RPCS for all projects under 10...

Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has expanded its partnership with solar design and construction company, RP Construction Services (...

September 20, 2016
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Study: Massachusetts should install a ton of advanced energy storage...

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) now recommends a suite of new policy and program actions to support the de...

September 20, 2016
News Enphase home solutions
Details on the next generation Home Energy Solution from Enphase

  At Solar Power International we got an upclose look at the complete Home Energy Solution with IQ that Enphase Energy, Inc. is excited...

September 20, 2016
News Ideal Power microgrid
Ideal Power, EnerDel create solar+storage microgrid at U.S. Air Force...

Power conversion company Ideal Power Inc. and EnerDel, a leading lithium-ion battery manufacturer and energy system integrator, have te...

September 20, 2016