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sunpower Largest behind-the-meter solar plant on a college campus, via SunPower
Chris Crowell
November 24, 2015
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News Sun Edison
SunEdison shakes up board of directors to improve operating structure
November 23, 2015
News Trinasolar
Company milestone: Trina Solar shipments exceed 15 GW
November 23, 2015
Mounting Guide GameChange I beam foundation
GameChange Racking introduces I Beam Foundation Option for Ground Systems
November 20, 2015
News solar utility grid meeting
New England energy leaders trying to modernize their grid (we start slow clap)
November 20, 2015
News Decentralized MW Solution solectria
What is the Decentralized MW Solution? Yaskawa-Solectria explains

We repeat from the headline: What is the Decentralized MW Solution? According to Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, the Decentralized MW ...

November 20, 2015
News Tabuchi-inverter-storage---cut-1
Utility leads the way by installing solar+storage system for residential...

Solar+storage is still on the fringes of the market and looking for a champion. Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation in Ontario, Canada, i...

November 20, 2015
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker beefs up manufacturing presence in Brazil

NEXTracker has expanded its manufacturing presence in Brazil to meet regional demand for the company’s smart, connected, and proven so...

November 19, 2015
Financing Vivint solar
Vivint Solar to start providing loans through Mosaic platform

Vivint Solar, a provider of distributed solar energy systems, has aligned with Mosaic, a solar financing company, to provide loans to its cu...

November 19, 2015
Financing Enact Systems
Enact Systems wins $1.6M in awards from Department of Energy

Enact Systems, an end-to-end business automation software platform for distributed energy, has been awarded two cooperative grants from...

November 19, 2015
Financing Southern Power Company
Southern Co. becomes first investment-grade utility to offer Green Bonds

Southern Co. subsidiary Southern Power has issued $1 billion aggregate principal amount of Green Bonds to become the first investment-g...

November 19, 2015
Featured
Ground-Mount Project of the Year: USVI Solar I

St. Thomas, U.S.  Virgin Islands | 5 MW Daunting. That was the first word Sam Ley, energy systems engineer for AES Distributed Energy, ...

November 18, 2015
Featured
Roof-Mount Project of the Year: Bishop O’Dowd High School

Oakland, Calif. | 51 kW Education and renewable energy go hand in hand. The energy revolution we’ve seen the last few decades has come...

November 18, 2015
News SunPower solar energy homes
The first turn-key home solar energy solution? SunPower explains

Energy-efficient homes of the future have arrived and are growing in popularity. According to a report by McGraw Hill Construction, nearly o...

November 17, 2015
News global pv sales
PV to slide in Japan, Germany — does this effect...

After amending its renewable energy law in August 2014, Germany is expected to attain an annual installed capacity of around 1.8 GW in 2015 ...

November 17, 2015
News Sanborn 3D solar map
Boulder uncovers 553 MW of high-yield PV sites with 3-D...

In pursuit of transitioning its community to clean, local, affordable and reliable energy, the City of Boulder selected The Sanborn Map Co. ...

November 17, 2015
News strata solar
Mississippi solar boost: Strata Solar works with local power on...

The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the largest solar installations in Mississippi on Nov. 10, making Mississippi Power the l...

November 17, 2015
Batteries sonnenbatterie solar energy storage
Sonnenbatterie energy storage system now an approved product for HERO...

The Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) financing program has just named Sonnenbatterie’s residential and commercial intuit...

November 16, 2015
News dominion solar power
Dominion Energy takes charge of 80-MW solar facility in Virginia

Dominion Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Dominion, acquired an 80-MW solar facility in Virginia from project developer Community Energy. T...

November 16, 2015
News equinox rfp solar
Global data center company’s two new PPAs will give 100%...

Data centers require a ton of energy. Equinix, Inc., a global interconnection and data center company, has made a move to diversify its sour...

November 16, 2015