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Sun Edison SunEdison files for bankruptcy, solar industry comments
Chris Crowell
April 22, 2016
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News SolarWorld
SolarWorld supplying panels for Valley Electric Association project
April 22, 2016
Financing Wunder Capital
RENVU Solar Distribution now has flexible short-term financing via Wunder Capital
April 21, 2016
News Senate energy bill
Solar energy is the only thing that bridges the partisan divide (Senate passes big energy bill)
April 21, 2016
News Arizona solar utility
APS Arizona Sun Program adds nine solar plants over five years
April 21, 2016
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SMA debuts residential rapid shutdown system to use with Sunny...

SMA’s much-anticipated Rapid Shutdown System is now available for immediate shipping to the North American residential PV market. Engi...

April 20, 2016
News UGE microgrid best practices
Microgrids: Why are they gaining in popularity, what part does...

UGE is an organization focused on providing commercial and industrial customers with more affordable, reliable electricity. A big part of th...

April 20, 2016
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Primer for buying, installing residential solar+storage systems

Energy storage has emerged as a technology that helps make solar power a winning choice for homeowners, and the rapid evolution of battery c...

April 20, 2016
News New York solar power
New York utilities, SolarCity propose landmark partnership

New York just keeps bringing the solar news, with most of it centered on collaboration. Six New York investor-owned utilities have joined So...

April 20, 2016
News Blue Diamond Power conduits w flag Apr 2016
Conduit manufacturer Blue Diamond Industries to expand, relocate

Blue Diamond Industries LLC, a manufacturer of HDPE Conduit and Cable in Conduit, will be relocation and expanding after completing the purc...

April 19, 2016
News princeton-power-systems
New microgrids in Haiti install demand response inverters from Princeton...

Princeton Power Systems will be supplying its core technology for the first project engineered by Geninov Group of Canada, a consu...

April 19, 2016
News DCE Solar Contour DB
DCE Solar’s Contour DB racking selected for 1.38 MW installation

After exceeding expectations on their first solar installation, ASSA ABLOY selected DCE Solar’s highly-adaptable Contour DB (Driven Be...

April 19, 2016
Financing solar PV data analysis
U.S. to standardize solar data collection, could revolutionize marketplace

Data unlocks understanding, and those who control data collection and analysis can wield considerable power. Data is a big part of evaluatin...

April 19, 2016
News Solar Frontier CIS modules
Staten Solar goes with Solar Frontier CIS modules for 16...

Solar Frontier, a CIS solar energy solutions provider, will be installing those CIS modules at 16 solar project sites ranging...

April 18, 2016
News Blymer Engineers
Blymyer Engineers discusses 1,500-volt PV system design

Blymyer Engineers finished the designs on a 1,500 volt PV system across three sites in Florida. When completed the Gulf Coast proj...

April 18, 2016
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Northeast Solar Boom: Untapped commercial deals are about to pay...

The state of California has long been considered an environmental leader in this country, spearheading growth in the solar industry with mor...

April 18, 2016
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Geli closes $7M investment to scale storage platform and partnerships

Geli, a supplier of software and networking solutions to the energy storage industry, announced the completion of a $7 million Series A fund...

April 18, 2016
News alsoenergy
AlsoEnergy releases ‘Zero Export Solution’ to manage PV production

AlsoEnergy, a provider of solar monitoring and SCADA systems, has developed a new fully automated PV SCADA solution specifically designed fo...

April 15, 2016
News SEIA
SEIA’s Rhone Resch steps down as president and CEO

Rhone Resch has announced his decision to step down as President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on May 31st, 2016...

April 15, 2016
News
The value proposition of AC panels

DC solar panels have dominated the solar market since the discovery of functional terrestrial solar panels in 1953. Now the old technology i...

April 14, 2016