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February 2, 2016
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News jinkosolar
JinkoSolar donates 212 modules to Everybody Solar nonprofit
February 1, 2016
News miasole baja solar carport
MiaSolé CIGS-based thin-film modules earn new certifications
February 1, 2016
Mounting Guide PanelClaw
PanelClaw, PVComplete team up for commercial solar rooftop design software
February 1, 2016
Batteries Sonnen battery
SonnenBatterie ready to push solar-storage system in U.S., inks partnerships with SolarWorld, PetersenDean
January 29, 2016
News net metering
Another solar win: California keeps net metering rates

Outside of Nevada, the solar industry seems to be winning contentious debates left and right. Maybe the most major of these debates was...

January 29, 2016
News PSEG
PSEG takes ownership of two juwi solar facilities

PSEG Solar Source acquired ownership interests in two solar facilities from juwi Inc. — a 3.9-MW project in Livermore, Calif.; and a 6...

January 29, 2016
Installation Contractor Education SunLink GeoPro training
WATCH: Advice for installing on a challenging solar site

A big challenge for solar going forward, as the industry soars, is accommodating projects that just a few years ago would not have been cons...

January 28, 2016
Batteries princeton-power-systems
Princeton Power Systems earns big capital investment and new ISO...

Princeton Power Systems (PPS), is a global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy storage, microg...

January 28, 2016
Batteries Orison energy storage
Orison claims to have plug-and-play energy storage system

Energy storage company Orison says it has come up with “the first true plug-and-play energy storage system” that is now availabl...

January 28, 2016
Mounting Guide SunLink
Details on SunLink’s tweaks to its GeoPro ground-mount system

SunLink Corp. isn’t done tweaking its GeoPro system. Already a trusted fixed-tilt ground-mount system (1 GW of PV projects), the GeoPr...

January 28, 2016
News Schneider Electric inverters
Schneider Electric works with CPS Energy on distribution automation strategy

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management and automation, has strengthened its collaboration with San Antonio-based CPS Energy, ...

January 27, 2016
News REC Solar winery install
Have a drink on solar: Castoro Cellars winery completes 625-kW...

Castoro Cellars has completed an installation of a massive new solar project that will allow the winery to run 100 percent on sola...

January 27, 2016
News solar installation marketing
New marketing training series for solar installers available via Energy...

Energy Trust of Oregon is launching a solar marketing training series for installers this month as part of the nonprofit’s ongoing eff...

January 27, 2016
News
GameChange Racking hires new operations manager

GameChange Racking is pleased to announce the on-boarding of operations veteran Joe Desimone as operations manager. He has over 9 years of e...

January 27, 2016
Batteries Simpliphi executive
SimpliPhi Power adds solar veteran as COO

SimpliPhi Power continues to execute on its rapid expansion plans with the recent addition of Chris Beitel as chief operations officer. Beit...

January 26, 2016
News Sunpower Austin Texas
GRID Alternatives, SunPower bring solar to four low-income Texas homes

About 80 Austin-based employee volunteers from global solar innovator, SunPower, brought the transformative power of solar energy to four lo...

January 26, 2016
News Community Power Network
CPN tries to boost lagging Ohio solar market with OH...

The Community Power Network (CPN), a national network of local, state, and national advocates for renewable energy announced the openin...

January 26, 2016
Financing Solar City
SolarCity completes first securitization of distributed solar loan assets

SolarCity Corp. completed its first securitization of distributed solar loan assets, the company’s fifth securitization transaction to...

January 26, 2016
News new hampshire net metering cap
New Hampshire net metering cap angst: SunRay Solar lays off...

SunRay Solar LLC is a full-service solar energy systems integrator and is the leading installer for ground-mount in New Hampshire — bu...

January 25, 2016