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Vivint solar Vivint Solar to start offering Renovate America’s PACE financing option
Chris Crowell
July 21, 2016
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News Yaskawa - Solectria Solar
Iowa’s largest utility-scale solar project chooses Solectria inverters
July 20, 2016
News new jersey solar challenge
Sustainable Jersey, EnergySage launch New Jersey Solar Challenge
July 20, 2016
News Fronius
Fronius launches huge cash back promotion to close out summer
July 20, 2016
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Boviet Solar debuted new line of PERC modules at Intersolar (at reduced cost)
July 20, 2016
News SunTegra
SunTegra partners with N.J. construction company to sell solar roof...

SunTegra (formerly known as Integrated Solar Technology or IST), a provider of integrated solar roof systems, today announced a partnership ...

July 20, 2016
News Obama solar energy focus
Obama wants to give your community $100,000 to build community...

Since President Obama took office, solar electricity generation has increased 30 fold and solar jobs are growing 12 times faster than the re...

July 19, 2016
News solar jobs training
White House announces new $2.1 million solar jobs training program

The White House continues to back the ascendance of the solar industry, today announcing a new program, led by The Solar Foundation, to help...

July 19, 2016
News kaco
Details on KACO’s new software updates

KACO updated its V3.25 software, which the company says assists customers two-fold: to access markets and for remote access. The list of cou...

July 19, 2016
News SolarWorld
SolarWorld’s 1,500-volt panel ready to ship in Q4

SolarWorld, one of the largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturers in the Americas, exhibited a new 72-cell XL product at...

July 19, 2016
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Spread the Wealth: We look at the value decentralized tracker...

Designing and building the perfect site is all about knowing your options. In the ground-mount C&I and utility-scale world, those option...

July 19, 2016
News solar jobs florida
Florida’s advanced energy industries employ nearly 150,000 people (and more...

The Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) reports that Florida employed an estimated 140,282 advanced energy workers in 2015, ne...

July 18, 2016
News Tigo logo
Tigo ships first 1,500-volt Flex MLPE

Tigo, the Flex MLPE pioneer, recently extended its platform design to support up to 1500V PV systems, which can further reduce installation ...

July 18, 2016
News E Mount Air
Green Seal Environmental’s VP discusses using Roof Tech’s E Mount...

When Ryan Potter, Vice President of Renewable Energy Services for Green Seal Environmental, first saw Roof Tech’s products at the PV A...

July 18, 2016
News Fronius inverter support
Fronius debuts Solar Online Support to streamline inverter troubleshooting

Servicing inverters is an important solar installer job function, and a new tool from Fronius USA should make this process easier for&n...

July 18, 2016
News TF2 Bracket Terra Smart
How TerraSmart’s new racking-plus-ground-screw solution reduces costs

At Intersolar this year, TerraSmart debuted a new solution, the TF2, that combines its revolutionary racking system with its widely deployed...

July 18, 2016
News JLM Fronius solar storage
This residential solar+storage system manages energy based on budget

At Intersolar 2016, we got an up-close look at cool new features in JLM Energy‘s energy management system, the Energizr 200, whic...

July 18, 2016
News LG commercial neon 72
LG Electronics releases high efficiency NeON solar panels for commercial,...

LG Electronics announced its upcoming push into the commercial and utility-scale space at Intersolar with the launch of its flagship NeON 2 ...

July 18, 2016
News princeton-power-systems
Meet Princeton Power’s new Energy Storage IQ system (big for...

Princeton Power Systems announced the launch of its Energy Storage IQ (ESIQ) technology platform at Intersolar. The ESIQ platform, implement...

July 18, 2016
News TerraSmart expansion
TerraSmart expansion: New manufacturing facility, team members

TerraSmart, a leading turnkey mounting solutions company in the solar industry, has grown more than 200 percent in the past two years &mdash...

July 13, 2016