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April 22, 2024
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Intersolar Texas slated for November, now accepting speaking abstracts
April 22, 2024
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The case for pollinator habitats in solar parks
April 22, 2024
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Fronius USA hosts fire officials for PV Hazard Control safety training
April 22, 2024
News Ensync Smart home
Virtual power plants could really help California meet peak demand
April 17, 2024
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Soligent, Sungage offer more Direct Pay resi solar savings via...

Financing is a big challenge in the current residential solar market, so Soligent and Sungage are launching new flexible financing equipment...

April 17, 2024
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Nelnet drops residential solar business, focuses on C&I projects

Due to the challenging regulatory and economic conditions within the residential solar market, Nelnet Renewable Energy announced a strategic...

April 17, 2024
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Seneca Environmental gets Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy distinction

Seneca Environmental president Jeff Ellis being presented with the Preferred Provider acknowledgment at the 2024 Tribal Energy Equity Summit...

April 16, 2024
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MCE taps Renewable America to develop 1 MW solar project...

MCE has partnered with Renewable America to bring online a 1 MW solar farm in Marin County, California. The 4.5-acre Fallon Two Rock solar f...

April 16, 2024
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SPAN to rapidly expand smart panel production via Jabil

Demand for smart electric panels is going up and up. To keep pace, home energy management tech company SPAN is teaming up with Jabil, a glob...

April 16, 2024
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Smart home installation ideas for solar pros

Interest in home electrification is growing. Same goes for the product ecosystems that — much like the rug in The Big Lebowski —...

April 16, 2024
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Solvari nets CalSEED grant for automated solar module assembly process

Photo courtesy of Solvari Solvari SR is an all-in-one solar panel that ships with everything needed to install on asphalt shingle roofs: rac...

April 15, 2024
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SimpliPHI hybrid inverter receives UL 1741-SB certification

UL 1741 sets a series of safety tests and performance requirements that inverters must meet to ensure that they are safe and reliable for us...

April 15, 2024
News GRID alternatives at work
GRID Alternatives’ Install Basics Training program accredited by IREC

GRID Alternatives is building one of the nation’s most competitive clean energy workforce programs. Last week, its Installations Basic...

April 15, 2024
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Solis, Sollega showcase one example of UL 3741-listed system

UL 3741 listed systems, or PV hazard control system (PVHCS) as they are termed in NEC 2023, are a hot topic in C&I solar. UL 3741 provid...

April 15, 2024
News CAB Solar facilities
CAB Solar completes facility expansion projects and ISO registration

Headquartered in Western Pennsylvania, of the Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped (CCABH) is the manufacturer of CAB So...

April 15, 2024
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Enphase adds Power Control to help avoid main panel upgrades

In residential, solar + storage is really shorthand for solar + storage + power control in order to hopefully avoid main panel upgrades. So,...

April 15, 2024
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Elin Energy opens U.S. solar module manufacturing facility

European PV panel maker Elin Energy opened its first manufacturing facility in the United States. The 225,000-square-foot solar panel assemb...

April 12, 2024
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Sunlight Financial debuts new solar lease program with IGS Solar

There is a growing demand for more, varied solar financing options. Sunlight Financial, a technology-enabled point-of-sale finance company a...

April 12, 2024
News Sunrock solar predictions
Solar energy rising: Predictions to illuminate 2024

Car rental solar installation at the Denver airport. By Wilson Chang | Sunrock Distributed Generation Over the past 20 years, commercial ret...

April 11, 2024