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new hampshire net metering cap New Hampshire net metering cap angst: SunRay Solar lays off one-third of its workforce
Chris Crowell
January 25, 2016
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News Radiant Solar Solutions-001
More Nevada solar layoffs: Premier Solar, Radiant Solar make cuts
January 25, 2016
News CPS America string inverter
8 improvements in three-phase string inverters
January 25, 2016
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A commercial PV storage solution? Austin Energy, Ideal Power think so
January 22, 2016
News floating solar rendering
World’s largest floating solar power plant on the way in Japan
January 22, 2016
News HiQ Solar inverters
HiQ inverters to be manufactured by Flex

HiQ Solar, a US-based PV inverter company, has selected Flex to manufacture its TrueString inverter family. The TrueString inverter is mainl...

January 22, 2016
News Sunpreme bifacial modules
Sunpreme’s Smart Bi-facial modules now offered in Mexico by Excel...

Exel Solar, one of the largest independent distributors of PV products in Mexico, announced a strategic partnership with Sunpreme Inc. to of...

January 21, 2016
Financing Solar City
New SolarCity referral program will donate to nonprofits that get...

SolarCity launched a new referral program called SunRaising that allows nonprofit organizations to raise funds by encouraging members to ado...

January 21, 2016
News APsystems
APsystems hires Olivier Jacques to lead Europe, Middle East and...

Olivier Jacques has joined APsystems as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is based in the APsy...

January 21, 2016
News Duke Energy
North Carolina solar installations took off in 2015

2015 marked a banner year for solar power in North Carolina as Duke Energy companies set a record for the amount of solar energy they added ...

January 21, 2016
News Baker Electric Solar business
After 75 years in electrical contracting, Baker Electric sees record...

Baker Electric is reporting record growth for the company based on the success of its utility, commercial and residential solar businesses. ...

January 20, 2016
News New York solar school
Details on New York’s first solar school project

New York keeps the solar news coming. The New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx will be the site of the state’s first ...

January 20, 2016
News electron cooling
Science nerds: New way of seeing electrons cool off discovered,...

You care about solar technology, so it is possible you are a science nerd. This is OK to admit, and as one, you will find this interesting: ...

January 20, 2016
News DOE grid funding
SEPA comments on Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization funding

The solar industry is ready to expand at a ridiculous rate, but if the grid lags behind, progress will fall short of potential. Hopefully, t...

January 20, 2016
News Solar Flexrack
Solar FlexRack appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of Northern States Metals, a full service provider of custom-designed, engineered and extruded aluminum products and ...

January 19, 2016
News ATI new mexico solar tracker
New Mexico, Affordable Solar bring 24-MW of solar to replace...

Solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Affordable Solar, has partnered with Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) to bring clea...

January 19, 2016
Batteries VIZn
ViZn Energy receives 128 kW battery system order from Idaho...

ViZn Energy Systems Inc., a provider of energy storage systems for microgrid and utility applications, received an order for a 128 kW/320 kW...

January 19, 2016
Financing Enact Systems
Enact Systems, West Monroe Partners collaborate on distributed energy cloud...

Enact Systems provides a cloud-based end-to-end business process automation solutions for distributed energy developers, installers, in...

January 19, 2016
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On the Scene: Redefining ‘in-house’ with Solar FlexRack

Youngstown, Ohio, is that quintessential rust belt city that boomed and busted right along with American manufacturing. But not all of those...

January 18, 2016
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On the Scene: NEXTracker combines solar expertise, product solutions

Solar power is starting to move into the mainstream, but this current success comes after decades of slow adoption and product evolution &md...

January 18, 2016