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upsolar UpSolar makes PV module financing available via lending platform Wunder Capital
Chris Crowell
March 31, 2016
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News massachusetts solar
Inaction on net metering policy is killing solar industry, jobs in Massachusetts
March 31, 2016
News Toledo zoo array brownfield
Check out this Toledo Zoo solar site — featured at EPA’s Ohio Brownfield Conference
March 30, 2016
News Yaskawa Solectria goodyear
Goodyear facility completes 1-MW install with Yaskawa-Solectria inverters
March 30, 2016
News Natcore technology
Natcore Technology’s new solar cell design shows huge efficiency jump in 11 months
March 30, 2016
News solar ready vets
First U.S. veterans complete Solar Ready Vets training program

As part of the solar industry’s job report, SEIA always mentions the number of U.S. veterans the industry plans to employ. We reported...

March 30, 2016
News gamechange maxspan
GameChange Solar projects over 1 GW of business in 2016

GameChange Solar received an order for several Max-Span pile driven systems totaling 42 MW in North Carolina. This brings the total contract...

March 29, 2016
News Solar FlexRack Turning Mill
New racking system from Solar FlexRack debuts in this Massachusetts...

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals, debuted its newest FlexRack Series B3P-X racking system in a 650-kW DC PV project...

March 29, 2016
News cost of solar california
What’s it cost to install solar in California

As residential solar continues its explosive growth in California, homeowners considering solar confront a persistent question: How much doe...

March 29, 2016
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PV in schools: Education sector is one of solar’s best...

Organizations in every industry are impacted by societal demands for environmental responsibility, and the education sector is no exception....

March 29, 2016
News Aluminum Harness Black and Red version 2
Eaton says new DC collection system could reduce large-scale BOS...

Power management company Eaton just introduced its new Crouse-Hinds series direct current (DC) collection system, designed to reduce co...

March 28, 2016
News solar-panel-installation
Department of Energy: Solar industry jobs expected to increase another...

The profile of jobs in the energy sector is changing, in large part to the success of the solar industry, and the U.S. Department of Energy ...

March 28, 2016
Batteries Casablanca solar
Canadian homebuilder makes Panasonic’s Residential Solar PV + Storage solution...

  LIV Communities became Canada’s first homebuilder to install a Panasonic Residential Solar PV + Energy Storage Solution in one ...

March 28, 2016
News Coldwell Solar
Coldwell Solar exceeds growth expectations, teases future news

Coldwell Solar sent a note that its continued growth exceeded expectations in 2015 with annual booked sales of $204 million mostly on commer...

March 28, 2016
News SunLink commercial rooftop
NREL raises its rooftop PV technical potential estimate a ton

Analysts at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR)...

March 24, 2016
Financing Sunnova residential solar-001
Sunnova secures $300 million in equity from Energy Capital Partners

Funds seem easy to come by for the top solar providers these days. Sunnova Energy Corp. has secured $300 million in equity from En...

March 24, 2016
News New york solar
New York solar boost on the way after PUC approves...

The New York State Public Service Commission announced new regulations making it faster and easier for solar energy, microgrids and oth...

March 24, 2016
News Vigilant energy management O&M
Vigilant Energy Management to provide O&M services throughout Mid-Atlantic

Vigilant Energy Management, a Maryland-based company providing comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services for PV solar inst...

March 24, 2016
News Roof Tech mounting bracket
Roof Tech solar mounting systems approved in ICC-ES evaluation report

The RT-[E] Mount and E Mount AIR, manufactured by Roof Tech Inc, recently received an evaluation report (ESR#3575) from ICC Evaluation Servi...

March 24, 2016
News SunLink
Arizona State signs O&M contract with SunLink for campus solar...

SunLink Corp. has taken on O&M responsibility for a group of tracker and rooftop solar projects installed at Arizona State University (A...

March 23, 2016