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GlassPoint solar Solar solution that produces low-cost steam? GlassPoint Solar has one (and wins award for it)
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June 29, 2016
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Check out this All-Iron Flow Battery from Energy Storage Systems at Intersolar
June 29, 2016
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New high-voltage battery for C&I markets developed by SimpliPhi
June 29, 2016
News Texas utility solar
Utility-scale solar is about to explode in Texas
June 28, 2016
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Stellar Solar offering $2.99 per watt residential deal
June 28, 2016
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How California’s Rule 21 inverter requirements expand grid capacity, limit...

A multi-year effort has been ongoing in California to update technical requirements for connecting Distributed Energy Resources (DER) to the...

June 28, 2016
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SunPower boasts new solar panel efficiency of 22.8 percent

SunPower has again set a new solar power panel efficiency record, as validated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable E...

June 28, 2016
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Details on CyboEnergy’s Dual-Output Off-Grid inverter strategy

Rapid deployment of distributed PV is causing new issues for the grid that will require some new regulatory considerations and new product s...

June 27, 2016
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Sungevity challenges presidential candidates to add solar to their homes

Nothing like a good challenge to get a conversation going. Sungevity has issued a Solar Throwdown — a clean energy challenge– to...

June 27, 2016
News Solaria
Solaria partners with Asahi on new building-integrated PV solution

Asahi Glass Company (AGC), a manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, and Solaria Corp., a global provider of solar mo...

June 27, 2016
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Hey, fossil fuel workers: Start a new life in the...

Solar energy is a disruptive technology, and many established energy industries and their allies have fought against that disruption. What a...

June 27, 2016
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Attending Intersolar NA? Consider these 20 workshops, including CALSEIA’s Contractor...

Intersolar and ees North America is just around the corner. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to choose among more than 20 works...

June 27, 2016
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Schneider Electric debuts a PV Hybrid solution to pair with...

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation and a global leader in solutions for solar and energy storage ...

June 24, 2016
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California’s Rule 21 decision finalized, IREC considers it a ‘big...

The long-awaited, unanimous Rule 21 decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finally came to fruition this week an...

June 24, 2016
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AET accounts for 145 mph winds in 5-MW installation in...

Applied Energy Technologies (AET) completed a 5 MW solar installation project with Rosendin Construction Puerto Rico, LLC in Juncos, Puerto ...

June 23, 2016
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Ameresco cuts ribbon on 18-MW solar facility at U.S. Army...

Ameresco Inc, an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, joined U.S. Army leadership and federal, state, and local officials for a r...

June 23, 2016
News SnapNrack mounting
SnapNrack extends product warranty to 20 years, enters UL Data...

SnapNrack, owned by Sunrun, produces residential solar mounting solutions engineered to optimize material use and labor resources and improv...

June 23, 2016
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ABB discusses power density of its 1,500-volt central inverter

ABB says its PVS980 central inverter increases the amount of incoming solar power connected to a single inverter by as much as 40 percent, w...

June 22, 2016
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See Sollega’s new String Inverter Mount at Intersolar NA

  Sollega will exhibit at Intersolar North America the week of July 12-14, 2016. The conference will take place in the beautiful city o...

June 22, 2016
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New England’s Amergy Solar, CertainTeed form partnership

Utility cost savings and improved energy efficiency are now more easily accessible for Massachusetts homeowners thanks to a new partnership ...

June 22, 2016