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SunModo Self-grounding lug SunModo debuts self-grounding PV racking system
Chris Crowell
October 23, 2015
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News Sacramento arena solar
SolarShares a big part of new Sacramento Kings stadium clean energy plan
October 23, 2015
News Sungrow inverters
Sungrow to send 55 MW of central inverters to Thailand
October 23, 2015
News AET Ground mount
ClearGrid Energy partners with Mass. solar developer to find new sites
October 23, 2015
Mounting Guide
GameChange Racking drives utility-scale solar racking pricing to 79 cents/watt
October 22, 2015
News sustainability
sPower wins 68.8-MW Southern California Public Power Authority

sPower, a prominent renewable energy provider, has been awarded a 20-year PPA with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to pro...

October 22, 2015
Financing New York solar financing
Three big bank transactions expand clean energy plans in New...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced three new NY Green Bank deals that will allow private sector partners to provide and improve access to c...

October 22, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison completes 2-MW solar plant in Maryland

SunEdison, Inc. completed construction on a 2-MW solar power plant for the Town of Elkton, Md. The mayor and commissioners approve...

October 22, 2015
News hawaii solar panels roof mount
Hawaii residents asked to choose ‘self-supply’ or ‘grid-supply’ in next...

Starting today, renewable-energy project developers seeking interconnection to the HECO companies’ utility grids will face two new PUC...

October 21, 2015
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker deal with Cintac reduces South American manufacturing lead time

NEXTracker formed a partnership with Cintac, South America’s leading steel manufacturer, in which Cintac will manufacture essential st...

October 21, 2015
Mounting Guide SunLink commercial rooftop
See a 270-kW rooftop system completed by SunLink, RA Power...

Hitting a project deadline on time is always a great feeling, but how about three weeks ahead of schedule? SunLink Corp. and RA Power & ...

October 21, 2015
News Florida solar carport
See Florida’s largest private solar carport

Lockheed Martin joined Florida Governor Rick Scott, Duke Energy President of Florida Utility Operations Alex Glenn and other local officials...

October 20, 2015
News Ideal Power logo
Ideal Power’s 125-kW Power Conversion System receives UL 1741 conformance

Ideal Power Inc. announced that its Grid-Resilient 125-kW Power Conversion System has been certified for UL 1741 conformance by a nationally...

October 20, 2015
Batteries solar+storage low income
The case for solar+storage as valuable protection for vulnerable residents

Solar combined with energy storage systems (solar+storage) can help protect vulnerable populations during power outages in multifamily affor...

October 20, 2015
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Solar carports will spread across the country as costs decline

The evolution of carport design has yielded a leaner, more cost-effective structure that can deliver both the duty of vehicle protection and...

October 20, 2015
News demand response
Reducing peak demand with smarter response technology

The importance of solar as it relates to the grid and the energy future of the U.S. is fully tied to its integration and coupling with ancil...

October 19, 2015
Financing Community Solar financing utility
Here’s a community solar solution for investor-owned utilities

Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the pioneer and national leader of roofless community solar, announced the launch of the first shared solar p...

October 19, 2015
News HULK Energy Cigs-3000
HULKet’s CIGS solar module passes IEC, UL tests

The CIGS-3000 Series module from Hulk Energy Technology Co. (HULKet) officially passed both IEC and UL certification tests and is now r...

October 19, 2015
News APsystems
WATCH: APsystems EMA and ECU monitoring system basics explained

From system setup to performance tracking, a robust monitoring package is essential to installers and end users alike. The Energy Commu...

October 19, 2015
News perovskite solar cell
UCLA promotes advances in perovskite solar cell commercial viability

UCLA professor Yang Yang, member of the California NanoSystems Institute, is a renowned innovator of solar cell technology whose team in rec...

October 19, 2015