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New Hampshire net metering New Hampshire sees politicians, businesses rally for higher net metering cap
Chris Crowell
February 15, 2016
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News Nevada solar rates
Nevada PUC votes for slower phase-in of higher rates, pleasing no one
February 15, 2016
Mounting Guide Roof Tech
Brown Electric builds solar install business with Roof Tech system
February 12, 2016
News Creotecc_Module_Install
NREL publishes new PV module quality standard
February 11, 2016
News sungevity online buying
Sungevity partners with CleanSpark for cyber-secure energy monitoring for commercial solar customers
February 11, 2016
News maine solar installers
Maine solar installers petition legislature to preserve net metering policy

Maine solar installers, local and national businesses, environmental organizations, and the newly-formed Solar Energy Association of Maine d...

February 11, 2016
News Sun Edison
SunEdison now helping to save water in California too

SunEdison signed a solar power purchase agreement with Stockton East Water District in Northern California and will install 2.2 MW...

February 10, 2016
News massachusetts solar regulation
Massachusetts hits both net metering, REC caps, halting a ton...

Another state rocking and rolling in solar installations is turning off the lights and unplugging the speakers,at least for now. We turn to ...

February 10, 2016
Financing SEIA
New Residential Lease Disclosure form to help your customers choose...

Leasing a solar system just got a whole lot easier for people interested in saving money, choosing how they power their homes and reducing t...

February 10, 2016
News Ideal Power and LG Chem
Ideal Power, WESCO International agree on distribution deal

Ideal Power Inc., a power conversion technologies developer, entered into a distribution agreement with WESCO International, Inc., which pro...

February 10, 2016
Mounting Guide AET-Rayport-I-Roof
String inverter mount from AET surpasses 1,000 units

Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a manufacturer of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, has surpassed more than 1,000 units sold ...

February 9, 2016
News SolarEdge optimizer
Win $10,000 in celebration of SolarEdge’s 10 millionth power optimizer

SolarEdge Technologies, a global player PV inverters, power optimizers and module-level monitoring services, has shipped its 10 million...

February 9, 2016
News Pacific Gas & Energy
PG&E’s Solar Choice program lets customers go 100 percent solar...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched a program called Solar Choice, which extends the option for 100 percent solar power to ...

February 9, 2016
Batteries Sonnen battery
sonnenBatterie smart storage system meets HECO requirements

sonnen’s storage march through the U.S. continues. After meeting HECO’s energy storage requirements, the fully integrated sonnen...

February 9, 2016
News alsoenergy
Cypress Creek Renewables selects AlsoEnergy for monitoring of 2 GW...

Cypress Creek Renewables, a developer and long-term owner of utility-scale solar energy facilities, has selected AlsoEnergy to provide monit...

February 8, 2016
News encore-misty-knoll
Vermont developer rebrands as Encore Renewable Energy

Burlington, Vermont-based clean energy company Encore Redevelopment is rebranding as Encore Renewable Energy to focus more on commercia...

February 8, 2016
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge achieves record revenue in second fiscal quarter

SolarEdge Technologies announced its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2015. Fiscal Second Quarter 2016 Hig...

February 8, 2016
Featured
Install-O-Matic: One solar company is turning the jobsite into a...

Ever since the first solar PV system was installed, someone has been trying to remove components from it. Many of these are small and surgic...

February 8, 2016
News Massachusetts brownfield solar array
Brownfield in Massachusetts receives 6-MW system, developed by Syncarpha Capital

  Syncarpha Capital LLC, Borrego Solar Systems Inc., and Renewable Energy Massachusetts LLC (REM) completed a 6-MW solar array loc...

February 8, 2016
News
DTE Electric files for update to electric distribution infrastructure

DTE Electric has filed a request with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to continue a multi-year modernization of southeast Mich...

February 2, 2016