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Sun Edison Details on SunEdison’s large Comanche Solar power plant
Chris Crowell
August 20, 2015
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News ViZn storage GS200
Canadian utility commissions largest flow battery install in North America
August 20, 2015
News NC Solar residential Install
Partnership to bring more solar trackers to North Carolina
August 20, 2015
News REC Windset farms
Watch REC Solar, Windset Farms flip switch on 1-MW solar array
August 19, 2015
News ET Smart Flex
ET Smart Flex modules standardize more MLPE functions
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
Financing Coldwell Solar
Coldwell Solar pumped about 2015 sales, adds new headquarters

Coldwell Solar, a complete solar installation services provider, says that recent client power bill reductions, tax credits and investment r...

August 18, 2015
News
Suniva acquired by Shunfeng International, adding 400 MW next 12...

More acquisition news: Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) entered into an agreement to acquire a majority share of Suniva Inc., an A...

August 18, 2015
News JA Solar
JA Solar hypes its double-glass PV modules

Recently, as the installation of solar electricity generation grows at an unprecedented pace world-widely and the performance of PV products...

August 17, 2015
News Solar3D SUNworks
Solar3D acquires Elite Solar for $7.15 million

Solar3D signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of Elite Solar, a Durham, Calif.-based solar systems provider. T...

August 17, 2015
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge reports fiscal year-end results for 2015

SolarEdge Technologies announced its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2015. The company shipped&...

August 17, 2015
News microgrid companies
Report: Princeton Power tops the microgrid control market

A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 15 leading project developers/integrators of microgri...

August 14, 2015
News New York solar power
Study: What’s the actual cost for residential solar in New...

As home solar installations surge in New York State, Solar to the People has released a study detailing the cost of solar in metro areas acr...

August 14, 2015
News Sunverge Energy
Sunverge Energy storage device chosen for install by Kentucky utility

The Glasgow Electric Plant Board is installing Sunverge Energy’s smart energy storage devices as part of the utility’s effort to...

August 14, 2015
News SunEdison Massachusetts carport
See New England’s largest (3.2-MW) solar parking canopy to date

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and leaders from Bristol Community College (BCC) and its partners unveiled New England’s largest ...

August 14, 2015