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November 9, 2015
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News SolarEdge
SolarEdge Q1 financials: Revenue up 72 percent, 356 MW of inverters shipped
November 6, 2015
News Suncrest Solar ProAlliance
Suncrest Solar on the rise, expands territory
November 6, 2015
News China solar power
China’s renewable energy portfolio to more than triple next 10 years
November 6, 2015
News pristine sun
Pristine Sun hires former Deutsche Bank director as new CFO
November 6, 2015
News PCI Solar install
PCI Solar begins cool project in Woodland, Calif., that is...

Austin, Texas-based PCI Solar has begun construction of a 2.46 MW portfolio for the city of Woodland, Calif. The six separate syst...

November 5, 2015
Financing solar industry deal
Solar funding activity: Q3 falls by half, yieldcos out of...

After two record quarters, residential and commercial solar funds in Q3 2015 fell by almost half with $997 million in five deals, according ...

November 5, 2015
News Nexamp - Nextility 88kW - Rooftop Closeup
Details on 88-kW rooftop install at Schernecker Property Services by...

Nexamp and Nextility completed an 88-kW rooftop solar system at Schernecker Property Services’ (SPS) headquarters in Waltham, Mass. Th...

November 5, 2015
News Ideal Power logo
Ideal Power receives 14.5-MW order for mix of power conversion...

Retaining previous business is always a good thing, and growing that business is even better. Ideal Power, a developer of power conversion t...

November 4, 2015
News solar developing countries
Solar bad for the poor? SEIA fights Wall Street Journal...

The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece a few weeks ago titled “This Child Doesn’t Need a Solar Panel” with the subhe...

November 4, 2015
Financing USDA solar financing
Solar ag boost: More USDA loans, grants available for renewable...

The ag sector is an important one for solar, so the announcement last week from the USDA that it is awarding loans and grants that will...

November 4, 2015
News Florida solar carport
Sungrow inverters installed in 2.25-MW carport in Florida

Sungrow supplied its 60-kw string inverter to a 2.25 MW Lockheed Martin-owned solar carport — a 151,400-sq-ft solar array covering the...

November 4, 2015
News Sighten solar software
Solar software provider Sighten closes $3.5M funding round (check out...

The Sighten platform helps to connect solar companies and investors in a way that optimizes businesses and drives growth and efficiency...

November 3, 2015
News Suntech DC solar modules
Smart DC solar module to optimize power output, wireless communication

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., produces solar products for residential, commercial, industrial and utility applications and has delivered more than...

November 3, 2015
News Schneider Electric Conext
Schneider Electric Conext meets rigorous Hawaiian requirements

Schneider Electric Solar Business says its Conext XW+ 6848NA meets Hawaiian Electric Companies’ (HECO) rigorous “...

November 3, 2015
News Alliance for Solar Choice
Distributed generation fee struck down in Wisconsin

The Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin struck down discriminatory charges on solar customers in a verbal ruling delivered by Judge ...

November 2, 2015
News Vinyasun
Vinyasun looks to capture Florida solar market with zero-down model

Florida ranks third in rooftop solar potential with 300 days of available sun to make power, but ranks just 13th in the nation for actual am...

November 2, 2015
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker now shipping 100 MW of trackers each week

NEXTracker has shown significant growth in a fairly short amount of time. The company’s latest announcement highlights ...

November 2, 2015
News REC solar
REC Solar connects Hawaii’s largest solar project (5 percent of...

REC Solar announced the interconnection of a 12 MW AC solar array for Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). The utility-scale syst...

November 2, 2015
Financing OneRoof Energy
OneRoof Energy agrees to $3 million loan transaction

OneRoof Energy, a residential solar services provider, has agreed to financing in the total principal amount of $3 million with OneRoof Ener...

October 30, 2015