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Google Duke Energy solar North Carolina Google, Duke Energy team on big PPA for North Carolina data center
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November 25, 2015
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Financing oneroof enery
OneRoof Energy Inc. secures $2 million in financing
November 24, 2015
News canadian-solar-logo
Sunrun stocks up on Canadian Solar PV modules in 2016
November 24, 2015
News Array Technologies
ATI completes 75-MW solar tracking site in Arizona
November 24, 2015
News sunpower
Largest behind-the-meter solar plant on a college campus, via SunPower
November 24, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison shakes up board of directors to improve operating structure

SunEdison is trying to shake things up a bit to “improve its alignment and the effectiveness of its operating structure,” starti...

November 23, 2015
News Trinasolar
Company milestone: Trina Solar shipments exceed 15 GW

Trina Solar Limited announced that its accumulative shipments since 2005 have exceeded 15 GW as of the end of Q3 2015, marking a significant...

November 23, 2015
Mounting Guide GameChange I beam foundation
GameChange Racking introduces I Beam Foundation Option for Ground Systems

GameChange Racking introduced I beams as a foundation option for its Max-Span Post System. “Whereas the GameChange Sticky-Pile seamles...

November 20, 2015
News solar utility grid meeting
New England energy leaders trying to modernize their grid (we...

The Advanced Energy Economy reports that top energy leaders from the six New England states met with utility and advanced energy industry le...

November 20, 2015
News Decentralized MW Solution solectria
What is the Decentralized MW Solution? Yaskawa-Solectria explains

We repeat from the headline: What is the Decentralized MW Solution? According to Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, the Decentralized MW ...

November 20, 2015
News Tabuchi-inverter-storage---cut-1
Utility leads the way by installing solar+storage system for residential...

Solar+storage is still on the fringes of the market and looking for a champion. Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation in Ontario, Canada, i...

November 20, 2015
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker beefs up manufacturing presence in Brazil

NEXTracker has expanded its manufacturing presence in Brazil to meet regional demand for the company’s smart, connected, and proven so...

November 19, 2015
Financing Vivint solar
Vivint Solar to start providing loans through Mosaic platform

Vivint Solar, a provider of distributed solar energy systems, has aligned with Mosaic, a solar financing company, to provide loans to its cu...

November 19, 2015
Financing Enact Systems
Enact Systems wins $1.6M in awards from Department of Energy

Enact Systems, an end-to-end business automation software platform for distributed energy, has been awarded two cooperative grants from...

November 19, 2015
Financing Southern Power Company
Southern Co. becomes first investment-grade utility to offer Green Bonds

Southern Co. subsidiary Southern Power has issued $1 billion aggregate principal amount of Green Bonds to become the first investment-g...

November 19, 2015
Featured
Ground-Mount Project of the Year: USVI Solar I

St. Thomas, U.S.  Virgin Islands | 5 MW Daunting. That was the first word Sam Ley, energy systems engineer for AES Distributed Energy, ...

November 18, 2015
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Roof-Mount Project of the Year: Bishop O’Dowd High School

Oakland, Calif. | 51 kW Education and renewable energy go hand in hand. The energy revolution we’ve seen the last few decades has come...

November 18, 2015
News SunPower solar energy homes
The first turn-key home solar energy solution? SunPower explains

Energy-efficient homes of the future have arrived and are growing in popularity. According to a report by McGraw Hill Construction, nearly o...

November 17, 2015
News global pv sales
PV to slide in Japan, Germany — does this effect...

After amending its renewable energy law in August 2014, Germany is expected to attain an annual installed capacity of around 1.8 GW in 2015 ...

November 17, 2015
News Sanborn 3D solar map
Boulder uncovers 553 MW of high-yield PV sites with 3-D...

In pursuit of transitioning its community to clean, local, affordable and reliable energy, the City of Boulder selected The Sanborn Map Co. ...

November 17, 2015