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city council solar vote Town rejects solar farm because it will ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’ and other concerns
Chris Crowell
December 14, 2015
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News REC solar
PVComplete, REC Solar team up to accelerate solar project design
December 14, 2015
News Solect Energy
Solect Energy installs 537-kW system atop JLS Mailing Services
December 11, 2015
Batteries Sun Edison
SunEdison signs big commercial solar+storage deal with Ontario IESO
December 11, 2015
News SunLink Georgia
New 25-MW project pushes SunLink’s Southeastern footprint past 350 MW
December 10, 2015
Batteries meeco group solar energy storage
Q&A with solar energy storage solution provider meeco Group

Solar energy is a clean and reliable power source, but, as you may have noticed your entire life, the sun does not shine 24 hours a day. In ...

December 10, 2015
Mounting Guide GameChange Grid Lite
GameChange says Grid-Lite Roof System ‘virtually eliminates’ ballast

Over the last six months, GameChange Racking‘s Grid-Lite Roof System has achieved growth of over 100 percent. The new system has ...

December 10, 2015
News All Earth Renewables
Vermont finishes 5th solar project at state corrections facility

A 500 kW solar net metering project was completed at the Southern State Correctional Facility, the fifth of seven state correctional facilit...

December 10, 2015
News NEXTracker-product-showcase-3
NEXTracker debuts NX Fusion, a pre-engineered AC power system bundle

NEXTracker, a Flex company, just announced its latest innovation called NX Fusion. This new product is a one-stop-shop product bundle t...

December 9, 2015
Mounting Guide Roof Tech
Roof Tech adds 72-cell module to residential rail-less applications

Roof Tech Inc., a leader in rail-less rooftop PV mounting systems, has added engineering to support 72-cell PV modules, or modules up to 21 ...

December 9, 2015
News Solar Frontiers
WATCH: ‘Solar Frontiers’ explores global discussions of climate change

As global leaders meet to discuss the future of climate change at COP21, Economist Films has released its latest documentary film &ldqu...

December 9, 2015
Mounting Guide Solar FlexRack New TDP Tracker
New single-axis tracker, turnkey service launched by Solar FlexRack

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a leader in photovoltaic mounting solutions, is debuting its next generation, ...

December 9, 2015
Financing REC Solar Duke energy storage
Duke Energy ready to promote commercial solar+storage solution

Solar+storage gets a lot of buzz, but it is still an unknown (as we noted in this cover story). Is the tide starting to turn? Duke Energy Re...

December 8, 2015
Mounting Guide EcoFasten building
EcoFasten Solar expands into Phoenix (and they are hiring)

EcoFasten Solar, a leader in the solar roof mount manufacturing industry, announced that it will relocate its headquarters to Phoenix in Jan...

December 8, 2015
News REPOWER solar universe
Solar franchisor REPOWER appoints SVP to build new partnerships

Founded in 2007 in Livermore, Calif., REPOWER by Solar Universe is a residential solar integrator that offers franchising opportunities...

December 8, 2015
News sungevity online buying
Sungevity expands online solar platform into Rhode Island

Sungevity is a technology-driven solar energy company focused on making it easy and affordable for homeowners and business owners to benefit...

December 8, 2015
News SEIA
ITC extension hope? SEIA gives update, calls out Sunnova

The Investment Tax Credit discussions are heating up. We brought you the opinions of two notable solar CEOs last week to broaden the perspec...

December 7, 2015
News Innovative solar systems
Innovative Solar Systems looking for investors to expand

One of the largest developers of utility scale solar farm projects in the United States, Innovative Solar Systems LLC, is seeking to ra...

December 7, 2015
Mounting Guide adhered ballast roof mount
The case for the adhered-ballast solar rooftop attachment system

Inventor Allen Gezelman asserts that ballast-only solar attachment systems (BOSAS) are sub-optimal for high wind areas such as Florida and &...

December 7, 2015
Featured DC Optimizers
Power optimizers v. microinverters: What’s different about these approaches to...

There are three main types of inverter topologies currently used in PV systems: traditional string inverters, microinverters and power optim...

December 7, 2015