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solar energy funding Solar funding in Q1: Totals way down year over year — so who closed deals?
Chris Crowell
April 13, 2016
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News Ohio solar
Energy groups call for Ohio to unfreeze renewable energy requirements
April 12, 2016
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SEPA: Top 10 solar utilities of 2015 ranked
April 12, 2016
Mounting Guide sunlink data systems
Watch this four-minute talk about the convergence of solar and technology
April 12, 2016
News Solar City
SolarCity sets up shop in Western Pennsylvania
April 12, 2016
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Yaskawa – Solectria debuts new PVI 50TL, 60TL inverters

Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced the introduction of its PVI 50TL and PVI 60...

April 11, 2016
News Current GE
GE’s energy startup Current to install PV at 18 sites...

GE is putting solar solutions from its energy startup Current, powered by GE, to work across 18 GE sites in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The i...

April 11, 2016
Batteries NABCEP
Is there a PV storage solution between lead-acid and lithium...

Solar-plus-storage is not a new concept — folks have been going off-grid with some PV and a few batteries since the ‘70s. But th...

April 11, 2016
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SMA acquires stake in Tigo Energy to boost MLPE offering

Each photovoltaic system is different. This is the reason why different inverter technologies have established themselves over the last few ...

April 11, 2016
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SEPA: How to achieve low LCOE utility-scale solar without cutting...

As energy industry news stories tout record lows in utility-scale solar prices in a handful of jurisdictions across the country, a growing n...

April 8, 2016
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Ampt string optimizers added to PVsyst software update

Site planning is key to matching the perfect PV system architecture to the right jobsite, and software plays a big role in this. PVsyst is u...

April 8, 2016
News BayWa re
WGL Energy, BayWa r.e. completes solar facility in Delano, Calif,

WGL Energy Systems joined with BayWa r.e. and city officials from Delano, Calif., to celebrate the opening of a 1.12-MW DC photovoltaic...

April 8, 2016
News DCE Solar case study
Case study: How DCE Solar’s Cap-Rack System helped a 4.9-MW...

Overview As the first of five landfill sites in the Meriden, Connecticut area planned for conversion to a solar field, excellent results in ...

April 7, 2016
News REC solar
REC Solar, Sungevity form strategic partnership

REC Solar, a national provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, and Sungevity, a leader in the global solar market, announced a str...

April 7, 2016
News Pika Energy Island
Details on the Pika Energy Island system now available for...

It is now the second quarter of 2016, which means that Pika Energy Inc. will begin shipping its new Pika Energy Island systems. “...

April 7, 2016
News massachusetts solar
Massachusetts reaches net metering compromise — a win for solar?

The biggest solar and state net metering impasse has reached its end. State legislators in Massachusetts (both House and Senate) have&n...

April 7, 2016
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The Solar Program is looking for New York, New Jersey...

The Solar Program, an East coast residential solar sales and marketing group, just launched a new affiliate partnership program in New ...

April 6, 2016
Batteries StorEdge Tesla
Q&A with SolarEdge about new StorEdge storage system

Earlier this year, SolarEdge Technologies announced its StorEdge solution would be available for international distribution after completing...

April 6, 2016
News Hawaii solar utility
Hawaiian Electric Co. looks to improve grid reliability, boost rooftop...

Here at the NABCEP 2016 Conference in San Diego, no matter what the panel is about, talk always seems to lead back to the effect on the grid...

April 6, 2016
News ET Solar mono modules
ET Solar launches new monocrystalline module — EliTe Mono

ET Solar announces the global launch of its new generation monocrystalline module – EliTe Mono. All ET Solar’s monocrystall...

April 5, 2016