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September 8, 2015
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News Innovative Solar Systems
Innovative Solar Systems to become IPP in all 50 states
September 8, 2015
News Panasonic
Panasonic receives DOE grant to fund new PV system development
September 3, 2015
News Solar industry legislation
New website formed to urge Congress to extend the Investment Tax Credit
September 3, 2015
News Origis Energy
South Mississippi Electric will add solar to its energy portfolio
September 3, 2015
News Hulk Energy Technology
Hulk Energy Technology debuts powerful CIGS solar module in U.S.

Hulk Energy Technology Co., Ltd. has made its powerful green CIGS solar module available in the U.S. The HULKet Cigs-3000 Series CIGS thin-f...

September 3, 2015
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Ecolibrium Solar adds logistics help from Atomic Transport

Atomic Transport and Ecolibrium Solar are excited to announce their two-year commitment to doing business together. Throughout the past year...

September 2, 2015
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Renusol America to support students in Department Of Energy’s Solar...

Renusol America, a leading provider of solar PV mounting solutions with systems installed across the US, will be supporting a student team f...

September 2, 2015
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SolyMoly launches online shopping for solar energy

The solar industry is drawing interest across the United States. The Obama administration is trying to push solar more and more, and Google ...

September 2, 2015
News Washington State's First AllEarth Tracker Install
AllEarth installs tracker in Washington State

Solar trackers from Vermont-based AllEarth Renewables keep steadily moving across the country, this time heading to Washington state after f...

September 2, 2015
News Greenskies
Greenskies Renewable to construct array at Wesleyan University

Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC, a Middletown-based solar energy company, has been selected to construct a 750 kW-AC solar PV array on the c...

September 1, 2015
News Calcom solar project
Calif. Congressman cuts ribbon at 1.1-MW Medeiros & Son Dairy...

Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) presided over the dedication of a significant new solar power system in the Central Valley — at Medei...

September 1, 2015
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See the VARTA Flex System battery management system at #SPI

VARTA Micro Group announced the release of the VARTA Flex System that is comprised of a 24 kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cabine...

September 1, 2015
News Conergy
WGL Energy, Conergy complete solar project in Atwater, Calif.

WGL Energy and Conergy, one of the largest downstream solar companies in the world, have completed their joint venture to bring solar energy...

September 1, 2015
Featured Sunnyside Array Pano
VOTE: 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards —...

Charlton Solar Charlton, Mass. Completed: Dec. 31, 2014 Size: 4.4-MW DC Constrained by population densities and interconnection capacity, mo...

August 31, 2015
Featured University of Miami solar award
VOTE: 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards —...

Bishop O’Dowd High School Oakland, Calif. Completed: Aug. 1, 2015 Size: 50.960 kW Bishop O’Dowd High School has a two-story clas...

August 31, 2015
Featured Solar Builder Project of the Year
Polls are open: Vote in the 2015 Solar Builder Project...

The nominations are in, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to choose the best of the best for our third annual Solar Builder Proje...

August 31, 2015
News JA Solar
JA Solar modules to power the largest solar farm under...

A 70-MW Moree Solar Farm (MSF) in Australia has begun to install the batches of solar modules provided by JA Solar since June. As MSF’...

August 31, 2015
News New York carbon tax
Carbon tax bill introduced in New York

According to the Sustainable Financial Markets, N.Y.-assembly members Kevin Cahill and Barbara Lifton introduced a carbon tax bill into the ...

August 31, 2015
News APsystems
Solar tech provider APS officially rebrands as APsystems

APS, a global leader in solar technology, is now APsystems. The brand refinement highlights the company’s commitment to powerful ...

August 31, 2015