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spower Pacific Gas and Electric awards sPower PPAs for three solar projects in California
Chris Crowell
May 18, 2016
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News Department of Energy solar funding
Department of Energy grows Solar Ready Vets, awards $10M to 10 solar training programs
May 18, 2016
News solar company acquisition
New coalition hopes to empower companies to go solar (to deploy 60 GW by 2015)
May 17, 2016
News Delta America inverters
Delta debuts wall-mounted 80-kW solar inverter
May 17, 2016
News san francisco solar energy
San Francisco requires all new buildings add solar panels — an energy adviser’s perspective
May 17, 2016
News PCI Solar
PCI Solar to build systems for California school district

Cinnabar school district, a public school district based in Sonoma County Calif., has chosen PCI Solar as the contractor to build a solar ar...

May 16, 2016
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Stellar Solar founder: Four trends leading to expanded solar energy...

The next 10 years are going to bring a host of new energy choices and a lot more market clout for so-called energy “pro-sumers” ...

May 16, 2016
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Load Warriors: Experts discuss rooftop ballast installation best practices

Installing a ballast racking system on a commercial roof isn’t necessarily any easier or more difficult than a ground-mount in terms o...

May 16, 2016
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JA Solar issued CTF lab qualification by TUV SUD

TUV SUD, a quality, safety and sustainability solutions provider that specializes in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training,...

May 16, 2016
News 5D Watts
5D Watts close to launching hybrid concentrated PV heat energy...

5D Watts, a custom composite manufacturing company, sent word that it has initiated formal certification testing of Hybrid Solar Concentrati...

May 13, 2016
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S-Energy supplies new module series for 1,500-volt project in Colorado

S-Energy Co., South Korea’s leading manufacturer of tier-one solar PV products, reached an agreement to provide 74 MW of solar modules...

May 12, 2016
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Swinerton Renewable selects Sungrow inverters for 30-MW PV, wind project...

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow provided its SG1000MX central inverter to Swinerton Renewable Energy for its 30 MW Red Horse 3 ...

May 12, 2016
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Roof Tech mounts used for first time on commercial project...

It’s official: Roof Tech is now a player in the commercial solar market and the loyalty of one dedicated customer made it happen. Here...

May 12, 2016
News Solar City
SolarCity debuts utility-scale services amid Q1 earnings crisis

SolarCity, the large solar installer best known for its leasing model, turned in disappointing earnings results from Q1 2016, lowered e...

May 11, 2016
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GreatWall Energy adds ‘Ampt Mode’ to line of inverters for...

China Electronics GreatWall Energy, one of the world’s largest solar inverter manufacturers, has incorporated an Ampt Mode with its&nb...

May 11, 2016
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JinkoSolar partners with CivicSolar to distribute Eagle module line

JinkoSolar entered into a Master Purchase Agreement with national full service solar distributor CivicSolar. Under the terms of the agreemen...

May 11, 2016
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NYPA partners with state university on PV, battery storage project

The New York Power Authority and the State University of New York at New Paltz announced are partnering to build a cutting-edge, solar energ...

May 11, 2016
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NEXTracker opens project management, field operations office in Nashville

NEXTracker is further expanding operations by opening a sales, project management and field operations office in Nashville, Tenn., to addres...

May 10, 2016
News Alliant Energy solar project
Midwest utility builds out center for solar research, education and...

Midwest utility Alliant Energy announced the opening of its Madison Solar Demonstration Project — an initiative that will study d...

May 10, 2016
News Mexico solar project
Solar Frontier modules selected for variety of agricultural, residential projects...

Solar modules from Solar Frontier Americas are going to be installed in a pipeline of residential, agri-business and agro-industrial solar p...

May 10, 2016