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Sunpreme bifacial modules Sunpreme’s Smart Bi-facial modules now offered in Mexico by Excel Solar
Chris Crowell
January 21, 2016
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Financing Solar City
New SolarCity referral program will donate to nonprofits that get sign ups
January 21, 2016
News APsystems
APsystems hires Olivier Jacques to lead Europe, Middle East and Africa operations
January 21, 2016
News Duke Energy
North Carolina solar installations took off in 2015
January 21, 2016
News Baker Electric Solar business
After 75 years in electrical contracting, Baker Electric sees record growth thanks to solar
January 20, 2016
News New York solar school
Details on New York’s first solar school project

New York keeps the solar news coming. The New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx will be the site of the state’s first ...

January 20, 2016
News electron cooling
Science nerds: New way of seeing electrons cool off discovered,...

You care about solar technology, so it is possible you are a science nerd. This is OK to admit, and as one, you will find this interesting: ...

January 20, 2016
News DOE grid funding
SEPA comments on Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization funding

The solar industry is ready to expand at a ridiculous rate, but if the grid lags behind, progress will fall short of potential. Hopefully, t...

January 20, 2016
News Solar Flexrack
Solar FlexRack appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of Northern States Metals, a full service provider of custom-designed, engineered and extruded aluminum products and ...

January 19, 2016
News ATI new mexico solar tracker
New Mexico, Affordable Solar bring 24-MW of solar to replace...

Solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Affordable Solar, has partnered with Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) to bring clea...

January 19, 2016
Batteries VIZn
ViZn Energy receives 128 kW battery system order from Idaho...

ViZn Energy Systems Inc., a provider of energy storage systems for microgrid and utility applications, received an order for a 128 kW/320 kW...

January 19, 2016
Financing Enact Systems
Enact Systems, West Monroe Partners collaborate on distributed energy cloud...

Enact Systems provides a cloud-based end-to-end business process automation solutions for distributed energy developers, installers, in...

January 19, 2016
Featured
On the Scene: Redefining ‘in-house’ with Solar FlexRack

Youngstown, Ohio, is that quintessential rust belt city that boomed and busted right along with American manufacturing. But not all of those...

January 18, 2016
Featured NEXTracker-2
On the Scene: NEXTracker combines solar expertise, product solutions

Solar power is starting to move into the mainstream, but this current success comes after decades of slow adoption and product evolution &md...

January 18, 2016
News GoSolar Nevada
Nevada solar company GoSolar cuts jobs in wake of PUCN...

Following the decision by Governor Brian Sandoval‘s Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) to dramatically alter Nevada’s ...

January 18, 2016
News NEXTracker-product-showcase-3
NEXTracker’s NX Horizon tracker achieves UL 3703 certification

NEXTracker’s self-powered tracker (SPT), NX Horizon, is now UL 3703 certified. This certification specifically addresses solar trackin...

January 18, 2016
News SolaTrim barrier system
SolaTrim signs deal with Hybrid Power Supply to distribute its...

SolaTrim LLC, a provider of protective barriers to beautify and safeguard residential solar systems, has signed a distribution agreemen...

January 15, 2016
News SunEdison carport
Twenty-five California schools to install solar parking canopies via SunEdison

SunEdison, Inc. signed solar power purchase agreements with 25 California elementary, middle and high schools. SunEdison plans to install hi...

January 15, 2016
Mounting Guide GameChange Racking First Solar
GameChange Racking unveils cost-friendly racking for First Solar Series 4...

GameChange Racking has been driving costs down for awhile now. This week, the company announced that it has achieved an optimized cost of $....

January 15, 2016
News Exosun_solar_tracker_ExotrackHZ
Exosun trackers selected for three solar power plants in Jordan

Exosun, a supplier of solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted photovoltaic plants, has been selected by Phoenix Solar, a leading in...

January 14, 2016