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Georgia Power Georgia Power now offering Green Bonds to support renewable energy development
Chris Crowell
March 10, 2016
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Mounting Guide SnapNrack mounting
SnapNrack Series 100 and 200 receive updated UL listing
March 10, 2016
Financing solar program sunpower
This new partnership is focused on boosting New York’s residential solar business
March 10, 2016
News sunlink iowa community solar
VIDEO: Check out Iowa’s largest community solar project, built by SunLink and RER Energy Group
March 10, 2016
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JinkoSolar supplies 80,000+ modules for two PV projects in New Mexico
March 9, 2016
News Mississippi power utility
Mississippi Power discusses three new solar projects

Mississippi Power’s commitment to renewable energy is on track after the March 2 groundbreaking ceremonies on one of the company&rsquo...

March 9, 2016
News US solar installations
Report: U.S. solar market to grow 119 percent in 2016

The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year, says GTM Research in its U.S. Solar Market Insight 2015 Year in Rev...

March 9, 2016
News PV module capacity
PV manufacturers investing $5 billion in capacity, tech upgrades

An obstacle in the way of massive solar growth around the world is having the capacity to meet the demand. The solar photovoltaic (PV) ...

March 9, 2016
News Vivint solar
SunEdison, Vivint Solar merger off, Vivint citing breach of agreement

You may recall back in July 2015 when SunEdison announced its acquisition of residential solar systems provider Vivint Solar for a reported ...

March 8, 2016
News EnergySage
Rhode Island utility launches solar shopping marketplace for customers

We like it when utilities work to provide their customers with the tools and resources they need to choose to go solar — and mayb...

March 8, 2016
Batteries energy storage market
Behind-the-meter energy storage market grows 405 percent in 2015

The U.S. energy storage market just had both its best quarter and best year of all time, according to the GTM Research/Energy Storage Associ...

March 8, 2016
Featured Florida supreme court solar ruling
Florida Supreme Court to rule on controversial utility-backed solar ballot...

With the solar industry increasing at such a rapid pace, you’d assume “The Sunshine State” would be just exploding with in...

March 8, 2016
News SolarGarden_DEGERtracker
DEGERtrackers fill out massive Solar Gardens project in Canada

Since the start of the construction of Solar Gardens in Ontario, Canada, more than 1,900 DEGERtracker D100 systems (20 MWp) have already bee...

March 7, 2016
Mounting Guide SEIA
SEIA forms committee solely dedicated to solar mounting systems

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has officially formed a new committee dedicated just to mounting — the PV Mounting Syst...

March 7, 2016
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Four steps for converting more solar sales

Solar customers are out there in abundance, and it is up to the installer to harness and convert them. Think of it like this: Customers are ...

March 7, 2016
News Trinasolar
Trina Solar ships nearly 6 GW of modules in 2015...

As has already been noted, Trina Solar Limited is one of the top PV module manufacturers in the world. There was this report by GlobalData, ...

March 7, 2016
News concentrated solar power report
Report looks at huge potential of concentrated solar power across...

  The concentrated solar power (CSP) industry is bound to be one of the biggest and most efficient in the coming times ahead. If utiliz...

March 4, 2016
News Solar-Log smart meter
Solar Data Systems’ Smart-Log meters achieve UL 2735 certification

Solar Data Systems, Inc. has announced that its line of Solar-Log smart meters for residential solar PV plants has received UL 2735 cer...

March 4, 2016
Mounting Guide SnapnRack MLPE attachment
SnapNrack launches MLPE rail attachment kit (for Enphase, SolarEdge)

SnapNrack, a manufacturer of solar panel mounting solutions, just debuted a joint UL 2703 listing with Enphase microinverters and SolarEdge ...

March 4, 2016
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GameChange Genius Tracker wins 23-MW order for West Coast utility

GameChange Solar has received an order from a leading nationwide developer/installer for a 23 MW Genius Tracker single-axis tracker system t...

March 3, 2016