News

Solar industry news: Mounting, inverter, PV module, tracker and energy storage trends; net metering regulation; financing, buying trends and more.

BayWa re NABCEP announces Platinum Sponsor of 2017 conference: BayWa r.e.
Chris Crowell
December 15, 2016
Read Article
Projects Nautilus Solar
Nautilus Solar continues New England expansion with 7.4-MW project acquisition
December 15, 2016
PV Modules REC PERC modules
REC Group to expand PERC module production, development
December 15, 2016
News Tick Tock Energy project
Take a look: Illinois hunting club goes solar thanks to Tick Tock Energy
December 15, 2016
News momentum solar
Momentum Solar launches cool ‘white glove’ solar service for homeowners
December 15, 2016
News Innovative Solar Systems
Innovative Solar Systems inks 720 MW of new PPAs in...

Innovative Solar Systems says it was awarded a total of 720 MW of new Purchase Power Agreements (PPAs) from “large credit worthy Power...

December 14, 2016
News Beaumont solar
Beaumont Solar goes with unionized electricians to build its workforce

Beaumont Solar, a full-service solar developer and Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) company, made a big move by signing an ...

December 14, 2016
PV Modules Aurora Solar
Aurora Solar tells us how it can improve solar cell...

Aurora Solar Technologies provides inline measurement and control technology for the PV manufacturing industry, and the West Vancouver,...

December 14, 2016
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge debuts new communications, management MLE monitoring kit

Looking for a new advanced communications and management accessory to enhance module-level monitoring and improve O&M operations for tha...

December 14, 2016
News solar frontier utility scale
Sneak peek at 106 MW solar project in Southern California

This week brought a ribbon cutting ceremony for Midway I & II Solar Electric Power Projects, located a few miles northwest of ...

December 13, 2016
News kaco
Ideal Power, KACO team on 360-kW solar+storage system in Alberta,...

Ideal Power Inc. has some cool power conversion technologies (here’s an in-depth look at one). The innovator just received a 360-...

December 13, 2016
News APSystems
Check out APsystem’s new Energy Monitoring and Analysis website

APsystems just launched a new, redesigned version of its Energy Monitoring & Analysis (EMA) website. Let’s check it out. What...

December 13, 2016
News GTM SEIA quarterly solar installs
Solar stronger than ever? Q3 2016 breaks PV installation record,...

The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic installation records. According to GTM Research and ...

December 13, 2016
Projects sunpower freedom solar haiti
Solar gives back: Freedom Solar hosting benefit to fundraise for...

Freedom Solar Power and ABC Home & Commercial Services are teaming up to bring a 100 percent sustainable off-grid solar system to an orp...

December 13, 2016
News solar windows
Report: Building-integrated PV to hit $4.3 billion by 2021

Don’t call it a comeback because it’s been here for years. According to the “Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Tec...

December 12, 2016
News Fronius string inverters optimizers
Report: String inverter market to reach $3 Billion by 2021

In the latest “String Inverter Market – Global Forecast to 2021” report, available Research and Markets, the expectation i...

December 12, 2016
News canadian-solar-logo
Canadian Solar’s new solar module production facility is ready to...

Canadian Solar announced that its new solar module manufacturing in Sorocaba, Brazil, is ready to go. The new state-of-the-art manufact...

December 12, 2016
News solar installs utah
Update: Utah solar customers avoid rate changes for now

Last week, we provided an update on some of the net metering debates around the country. Here is what we said about Utah: Following the exam...

December 12, 2016
News IKEA solar project
IKEA reveals plans for its latest solar installation

Forward-thinking companies aren’t adding solar to their rooftops just for the financial payback — they are doing it to make a st...

December 8, 2016
News EIA distributed solar capacity
How much U.S. solar capacity is owned by third-parties?

Distributed solar capacity in the United States, which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 MW or larg...

December 8, 2016