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July 28, 2016
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News solar business loans
Small business solar: Q&A on shorter term, project-backed $1M loans with Wunder Capital
July 28, 2016
News ADARA POWER
Adara Power energy storage systems added to HECO qualified equipment list
July 28, 2016
Financing solar financing report
CleanFund, Soligent partner on new financing option for solar equipment dealers
July 27, 2016
News 1500V Combiner
Reduce costs, install time with these new utility-scale Eaton solar combiner boxes (1,500 volt)
July 27, 2016
News solar indycar
Fueling an Indycar with solar energy (kind of)

OK, so Indycar driver Stefan Wilson isn’t literally fueling his vehicle with solar energy, but Wilson’s enthusiasm for clea...

July 27, 2016
News fronius news
Fronius brings repowering services to Greece with 19th subsidiary

In July, the Fronius Solar Energy Division established a subsidiary in Greece. The Austrian inverter manufacturer is already well-familiar w...

July 27, 2016
News EcoFasten Solar Rock It System
Rock-It Systems from EcoFasten Solar receive UL 2703 First Edition...

EcoFasten Solar’s Rock-It System and the newly launched Rock-It System 2.0, rail-free solar roof mount solutions, are now certified to...

July 27, 2016
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GameChange Solar receives order for 111 MW of fixed tilt...

GameChange Solar sent word that two leading EPCs ordered over 111 MW of its pile-driven fixed tilt racking systems for immediate produc...

July 26, 2016
News VistaSolar Container Consulting Service
How many states make economic sense for commercial energy storage...

According to a recent report from GTM Research, The Economics of Commercial Energy Storage, which analyzed rate structures across 51 ut...

July 26, 2016
News momentum solar
Momentum Solar continues to expand, is looking to hire

Momentum Solar is a privately held solar energy company headquartered in Metuchen, N.J., that just announced its rapid expansion in the Tri-...

July 26, 2016
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Community Solar Legal Primer: From project structure to consumer protection

Community solar, a type of project in which multiple consumers support a shared PV system, is growing in popularity. Since the first communi...

July 25, 2016
News Eaton
Eaton releases more powerful Power Xpert Solar inverters, 1,500-volt combiners

We met with power management company Eaton at Intersolar in San Francisco to see its expanded range of inverters and electrical balance of s...

July 25, 2016
News Fitch Ratings solar utility
Fitch: Residential solar is a threat to investor-owned utility credit

Rapidly growing U.S. residential photovoltaic (PV) solar system installations and net energy metering (NEM) are potential long-term threats ...

July 25, 2016
News HDPV alliance
HDPV Alliance adds six new members (now at 39 total)

The HDPV Alliance, an industry-wide alliance focused on lowering the cost and increasing the performance of PV solar systems, added six...

July 25, 2016
News el paso rate case solar
Texas rate case settled, should be good for future solar...

The solar industry in Texas is growing, and an unopposed settlement agreement filed by the El Paso Electric Co. for its rate case pending be...

July 22, 2016
News SEIA
How to design rates for a distributed grid? This paper...

As electric industry regulators prepare for their summer meeting in Nashville, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies, includ...

July 22, 2016
News TenK Solar_Logo Feature
Locus Energy solutions now available to Ten K Solar customers

Locus Energy, a solar data and analytics platform provider, and Ten K Solar, the company maximizing value in commercial rooftop solar, annou...

July 21, 2016
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Sungrow, Samsung launch energy storage partnership

Sungrow, one of the largest PV inverter manufacturers, announced the official start of operations of Sungrow-Samsung SDI Energy Storage...

July 21, 2016
News solar alliance
Solar Alliance to launch Commercial Solar Division in San Diego

Canada-based Solar Alliance Energy sent word that it is launching a Commercial Solar Division that will be based in San Diego and will targe...

July 21, 2016