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Optiwave - Banyan Energy New Optiwave technology could lower manufacturing costs of PV modules
Chris Crowell
February 16, 2016
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News Revolve Solar
Revolve Solar works on largest solar system for Pedernales Electric Cooperative
February 16, 2016
News solar net metering
Solar vs. the state: Net metering, rate battles are heating up around the country
February 16, 2016
News Exosun_ExotrackHZ_solar_trackers_SaintRestitut
Exosun to equip two new solar plants in France
February 15, 2016
News Calipatria
Solar Frontier’s 20-MW Calipatria solar plant sold to Southern Power, Turner Renewable
February 15, 2016
News New Hampshire net metering
New Hampshire sees politicians, businesses rally for higher net metering...

Last week, a bi-partisan group of elected leaders from around New Hampshire, including Representatives, Senators and local executive officia...

February 15, 2016
News Nevada solar rates
Nevada PUC votes for slower phase-in of higher rates, pleasing...

The rate issues in Nevada didn’t improve for the solar industry as the Public Utilities Commission voted to keep the new higher r...

February 15, 2016
Mounting Guide Roof Tech
Brown Electric builds solar install business with Roof Tech system

Jamie Brown had been doing basic electrical work for many years until 2007 when one day a customer needed someone to install a PV system on ...

February 12, 2016
News Creotecc_Module_Install
NREL publishes new PV module quality standard

Working with partners around the world, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hav...

February 11, 2016
News sungevity online buying
Sungevity partners with CleanSpark for cyber-secure energy monitoring for commercial...

Sungevity and CleanSpark, a microgrid technology company, have partnered to include CleanSpark’s cyber-secure energy monitoring and ma...

February 11, 2016
News maine solar installers
Maine solar installers petition legislature to preserve net metering policy

Maine solar installers, local and national businesses, environmental organizations, and the newly-formed Solar Energy Association of Maine d...

February 11, 2016
News Sun Edison
SunEdison now helping to save water in California too

SunEdison signed a solar power purchase agreement with Stockton East Water District in Northern California and will install 2.2 MW...

February 10, 2016
News massachusetts solar regulation
Massachusetts hits both net metering, REC caps, halting a ton...

Another state rocking and rolling in solar installations is turning off the lights and unplugging the speakers,at least for now. We turn to ...

February 10, 2016
Financing SEIA
New Residential Lease Disclosure form to help your customers choose...

Leasing a solar system just got a whole lot easier for people interested in saving money, choosing how they power their homes and reducing t...

February 10, 2016
News Ideal Power and LG Chem
Ideal Power, WESCO International agree on distribution deal

Ideal Power Inc., a power conversion technologies developer, entered into a distribution agreement with WESCO International, Inc., which pro...

February 10, 2016
Mounting Guide AET-Rayport-I-Roof
String inverter mount from AET surpasses 1,000 units

Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a manufacturer of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, has surpassed more than 1,000 units sold ...

February 9, 2016
News SolarEdge optimizer
Win $10,000 in celebration of SolarEdge’s 10 millionth power optimizer

SolarEdge Technologies, a global player PV inverters, power optimizers and module-level monitoring services, has shipped its 10 million...

February 9, 2016
News Pacific Gas & Energy
PG&E’s Solar Choice program lets customers go 100 percent solar...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched a program called Solar Choice, which extends the option for 100 percent solar power to ...

February 9, 2016
Batteries Sonnen battery
sonnenBatterie smart storage system meets HECO requirements

sonnen’s storage march through the U.S. continues. After meeting HECO’s energy storage requirements, the fully integrated sonnen...

February 9, 2016
News alsoenergy
Cypress Creek Renewables selects AlsoEnergy for monitoring of 2 GW...

Cypress Creek Renewables, a developer and long-term owner of utility-scale solar energy facilities, has selected AlsoEnergy to provide monit...

February 8, 2016