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GameChange Racking pour in place GameChange mounting 25-MW of systems in landfills across three states
Chris Crowell
August 25, 2015
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News DuraTrack HZ v3
Learn about Array Technologies’ new DuraTrack HZ v3 at #SPI
August 25, 2015
News mosaic solar cells
Details on 11 new MOSAIC solar technologies that will receive government funding
August 24, 2015
Financing Obama clean energy plan
Obama Administration lays out more plans to boost clean energy installs
August 24, 2015
News DTE Energy solar trash compactors
DTE Energy brings solar power to its trash collection
August 24, 2015
News Perovskite solar cells
Report: Perovskite solar cells show potential with efficiency improvement, lowering...

Perovskite solar cells have shown potential both in the rapid efficiency improvement and in cheap material and manufacturing costs, says IDT...

August 24, 2015
News DUKE ENERGY LOGO
Duke Energy issues RFP for 53 MW of utility solar...

Duke Energy issued a request for proposals (RFP) for about 53 MW AC of utility-scale solar capacity to be in-service in its South Carol...

August 21, 2015
News RES Americas
Renewable Energy Systems to install BOS for SunEdison’s Comanche project

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) was selected by SunEdison to construct the 156 MW DC Comanche Solar project located seven miles southeas...

August 21, 2015
News sustainability
sPower wins Lancaster Choice Energy 10 MW PPA

Lancaster Choice Energy, Lancaster, Calif.’s new, locally operated, locally controlled clean power provider, announced awarded sP...

August 20, 2015
News Sun Edison
Details on SunEdison’s large Comanche Solar power plant

SunEdison closed financing and has begun construction on one of its largest solar power plants to date, the 156 MW DC / 120 MW AC Comanche S...

August 20, 2015
News ViZn storage GS200
Canadian utility commissions largest flow battery install in North America

We will be talking a lot about the role energy storage will play with solar project development going forward (our Sept./Oct cover story, fo...

August 20, 2015
News NC Solar residential Install
Partnership to bring more solar trackers to North Carolina

A new partnership between NC Solar Now and AllEarth Renewables will bring the innovative AllEarth Solar Tracker solar electric system to hom...

August 20, 2015
News REC Windset farms
Watch REC Solar, Windset Farms flip switch on 1-MW solar...

REC Solar, a national provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, announced the interconnection of a 1-MW solar energy system for Win...

August 19, 2015
News ET Smart Flex
ET Smart Flex modules standardize more MLPE functions

ET Solar Group, a renewable energy equipment provider, announced at an event in Monterrey, Mexico, that it has launched a new generation of ...

August 19, 2015
Mounting Guide AET Ground mount
AET provides ground-mount for 1-MW project in Pennsylvania

Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a preferred supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, was selected by JK Mechanical to su...

August 19, 2015
News Sun Edison
6-MW Florida power plant just completed by SunEdison

Construction of a new 6-MW AC solar power plant was completed by SunEdison that will supply electricity to Lakeland Electric, the ...

August 19, 2015
News Ideal Power BTRAN
Learn about the new power semiconductor switch developed by Ideal...

Ideal Power, a developer of advanced power conversion technologies, released a white paper to coincide with the release of a new power semic...

August 19, 2015
News NEXTracker-product-showcase-3
NEXTracker to supply 400-MW of trackers to Indian market

NEXTracker, manufacturer of advanced single-axis solar trackers, and PES Engineers Private Limited (PES), one of India’s premier ...

August 18, 2015
News Google project sunroof
Google dips into solar industry with Project Sunroof (good or...

As part of its ongoing attempt to take over the world (or something like that) Google announced the launch of Project Sunroof. This world do...

August 18, 2015
News SMA Sunny Central 2200-US
Swinerton orders 700-MW supply of inverters from SMA

SMA has been chosen to supply 700 MW of central inverters for seven utility-scale PV plants in California. Swinerton Renewable Energy &mdash...

August 18, 2015