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June 13, 2016
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News Encore renewable energy
Encore Renewable Energy earns B Corp. Certification
June 9, 2016
News Solarcheck RSD
Solarcheck Rapid Shutdown device is integrated directly onto the panel
June 9, 2016
News CEC community solar
Clean Energy Collective adding 21 MW of new community solar in Massachusetts
June 9, 2016
News solar pv installs in United States
Solar energy on track for record-breaking year in U.S.
June 9, 2016
News Sonnen battery
GE invests in energy storage company sonnen

GE Ventures joins sonnen’s mission to form the utility of the future. The venture arm of one of the world’s largest technology c...

June 7, 2016
News HiQ Solar inverters
OutBack Power partners with HiQ to sell TrueString products

OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., an off-grid and Grid/Hybrid renewable energy products and systems company, has formed a partnership w...

June 7, 2016
News minnesota solar
Minnesota solar: Rebates to be extended, community solar coming online...

  Minnesota’s long-awaited community solar project may be ready to commence construction after the Public Utilities Commission ap...

June 7, 2016
News TenK Solar_Logo Feature
Ten K Solar brings on new CEO

Ten K Solar, an innovator in commercial rooftop solar technology, announced that Jeffrey J. Hohn has joined the Company as Chief Executive O...

June 7, 2016
News APsystems
APsystems microinverters now available on Mosaic solar financing platform

APsystems microinverters have been added to the dynamic Mosaic solar financing platform, pairing two leaders in the global solar industry. T...

June 6, 2016
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SunPower to construct 10-MW solar power plant at U.S. Army...

SunPower Corp. expects to start construction this month on a 10-MW (DC) photovoltaic solar power plant that is expected to generate up to 18...

June 6, 2016
News SEIA
SEIA to host Women Empowerment: Leaders in Solar Energy

With solar now the fastest growing source of energy nationwide, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is gathering some of the majo...

June 6, 2016
News unirac caps
Unirac introduces new aesthetics package for SOLARMOUNT

Unirac, Inc., a provider of PV mounting solutions in North America, sent word of a new aesthetics package for its SOLARMOUNT. The ...

June 6, 2016
News Caterpillar - Tucson Proving Ground - Solar Panel Tilt
Microgrid deployments continue to increase globally

Microgrid deployments continue to increase globally, and as of 2Q 2016, Navigant Research has identified 1,568 projects representing more th...

June 6, 2016
News SolarWorld
SolarWorld forms training partnership with SEI (includes coursework discounts)

SolarWorld, an American manufacturer of crystalline-silicon solar technology, launched a training partnership with renewable-energy school S...

June 3, 2016
News Floating solar
Floating solar company Ciel et Terre hits U.S. shores for...

International alternative floating PV leader Ciel et Terre extends its large-­scale floating photovoltaic (PV) technology to the U.S. wi...

June 3, 2016
News Gamechange-Genius-Tracker
GameChange Solar introduces 5-7 week lead time for trackers

GameChange Solar announced that it has implemented a five to seven week delivery time as standard for all tracker structural components, eff...

June 3, 2016
News Fronius 24 hour sun inverter
Fronius to host free training at Intersolar North America (registration...

Fronius USA will have several opportunities to meet and greet with installers at Intersolar North America 2016, July 11-14 in San Francisco....

June 2, 2016
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SunLink selected as project supplier for two new Blattner Energy...

Expanding on the collaboration that has already seen several hundred megawatts of solar installed, SunLink Corp. has been selected as the pr...

June 2, 2016
News EnergySage
Solar customers coming through EnergySage get a smart thermostat deal...

EnergySage, an online solar marketplace, and Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, have teamed up ...

June 2, 2016