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Beamreach solar New lightweight PV panel system for flat commercial roofs debuts from Beamreach Solar
Chris Crowell
June 22, 2016
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News Austin Freedom solar rooftop
Check out Austin’s largest rooftop solar array (via Freedom Solar)
June 21, 2016
News Outback Power inverters
OutBack Power launches new energy storage solution at Intersolar Europe
June 21, 2016
Products Panasonic solar solutions
New Panasonic program to support solar installers with marketing, training, more
June 21, 2016
News SEIA
SEIA releases standard disclosure statements to help consumers compare deals
June 21, 2016
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Inside Tech: How new platform from TrinaSolar delivers module-level flexibility

Flexibility will forever be a goal in the solar industry because there is no perfect site. As you’ll notice throughout the mounting gu...

June 20, 2016
News Horison solar power
Horizon Solar Power adds division just to forge more strategic...

Horizon Solar Power (HSP), California’s leading installer of top-of-the-line solar electric systems for residential and commercial bui...

June 20, 2016
News Fraunhofer PV
Fraunhofer USA demos two ‘plug-and-play’ PV systems at 2016 Demo...

The Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) successfully demonstrated two installations of Plug and Play PV systems at it...

June 20, 2016
News maryland community solar
Maryland PSC approves community solar pilot program

The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved final regulations to establish a community solar pilot program in Maryland, with an emph...

June 17, 2016
News OneRoof Energy
OneRoof readies its Solar 2.0 strategy with $50M construction loan...

OneRoof Energy, Inc., and wholly-owned subsidiary of OneRoof Energy Group announced that certain of its affiliates have signed a $50 million...

June 17, 2016
News global pv sales
Global PV inverter market to grow 11 percent despite Asia-Pacific...

According to GTM Research’s latest report, The Global PV Inverter and MLPE Landscape 2016, global shipments of solar PV inverters will...

June 17, 2016
News Sunpreme bifacial panels
Sunpreme Bifacial PV panels now atop UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Hall

Jacobs Hall is the brand new home for University of California, Berkeley’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation in the College of En...

June 16, 2016
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Details on Solect Energy’s new O&M services program

Solect Energy, a full-service commercial solar company in Massachusetts, is announcing the launch of its Solar Service program which offers ...

June 16, 2016
News sunpower
Toyota’s new U.S. headquarters to feature 7.75-MW solar system from...

SunPower will be designing and constructing a 7.75-MW solar power system at Toyota’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas, ...

June 16, 2016
Batteries solaredge lg chem
SolarEdge’s StorEdge now compatible with LG Chem’s new high voltage...

SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, and LG Chem Ltd, announced ...

June 16, 2016
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Solar trackers power metal refinishing company Sungen Circle Finishing

Twenty-two solar trackers are now powering metalwork company Sungen Circle Finishing in Newburyport, Mass. The 186-kW solar project will hel...

June 16, 2016
News PCI Solar
PCI Solar awarded contract by Austin Independent School District (592...

PCI Solar has been awarded the contract to build solar arrays on four schools for the Austin Independent School District. The award was deci...

June 16, 2016
News Consumers Energy
Michigan’s Consumers Energy completes first solar power plant install

Consumers Energy completed installation of its first solar power plant — a 17-acre array of 11,000 Michigan-made solar panels at Grand...

June 15, 2016
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SunPower, Con Edison creating ‘virtual power plant’ via distributed PV...

Beginning this summer, Con Edison and SunPower Corp. will partner on a pilot program to offer solar power systems with battery storage to mo...

June 15, 2016
News solarmax Flex
SolarMax introduces all-in-one, integrated energy storage system

While some of the industry’s largest solar companies have generated years of buzz with their battery back-up power for the home, ...

June 15, 2016