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congress ITC update: Omnibus appropriations bill includes long-term extension
Chris Crowell
December 16, 2015
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Batteries Simpliphi Wall of batteries
New smart home solar-plus-storage system exceeds estimates by 23 percent
December 16, 2015
News micro community Seattle solar
Check out this new 42-home sustainable micro community in Seattle
December 15, 2015
Financing sungevity online buying
Largest financing of a private solar company in 2015? Sungevity
December 15, 2015
News GlobalData renewable report
GlobalData: Renewables to be fastest growing power source in U.S. next decade, barring changes in policy
December 15, 2015
News Ginlong solar canopy
Ginlong Solis provides string inverters to the world’s largest solar...

Recently, news spreads out that the world’s largest solar canopy will be built at Hangzhou Bay in China. It was said that this solar c...

December 15, 2015
News Apex Solar Power
Apex Solar achieves company-wide NABCEP accreditation

Apex Solar Power has achieved a milestone shared by a select few solar companies in the United States: company-wide NABCEP accreditation. Th...

December 14, 2015
News city council solar vote
Town rejects solar farm because it will ‘suck up all...

North Carolina is one of the more progressive, up-and-coming states for solar energy development. We even started a slow clap when it hit 1 ...

December 14, 2015
News REC solar
PVComplete, REC Solar team up to accelerate solar project design

PVComplete, a solar design software provider, announced that it has selected by REC Solar as their PV project design platform. REC Solar, a ...

December 14, 2015
News Solect Energy
Solect Energy installs 537-kW system atop JLS Mailing Services

JLS Mailing Services, one of New England’s largest presort mailing and printing companies, has partnered with Solect Energy of Hopkint...

December 11, 2015
Batteries Sun Edison
SunEdison signs big commercial solar+storage deal with Ontario IESO

SunEdison signed a 10-year agreement with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator to supply 5 MW — 20 MWh — of b...

December 11, 2015
News SunLink Georgia
New 25-MW project pushes SunLink’s Southeastern footprint past 350 MW

A new 27-MW DC solar project in Georgia propels SunLink Corp. beyond 350 MW DC of projects in 2015 in the southeastern United States an...

December 10, 2015
Batteries meeco group solar energy storage
Q&A with solar energy storage solution provider meeco Group

Solar energy is a clean and reliable power source, but, as you may have noticed your entire life, the sun does not shine 24 hours a day. In ...

December 10, 2015
Mounting Guide GameChange Grid Lite
GameChange says Grid-Lite Roof System ‘virtually eliminates’ ballast

Over the last six months, GameChange Racking‘s Grid-Lite Roof System has achieved growth of over 100 percent. The new system has ...

December 10, 2015
News All Earth Renewables
Vermont finishes 5th solar project at state corrections facility

A 500 kW solar net metering project was completed at the Southern State Correctional Facility, the fifth of seven state correctional facilit...

December 10, 2015
News NEXTracker-product-showcase-3
NEXTracker debuts NX Fusion, a pre-engineered AC power system bundle

NEXTracker, a Flex company, just announced its latest innovation called NX Fusion. This new product is a one-stop-shop product bundle t...

December 9, 2015
Mounting Guide Roof Tech
Roof Tech adds 72-cell module to residential rail-less applications

Roof Tech Inc., a leader in rail-less rooftop PV mounting systems, has added engineering to support 72-cell PV modules, or modules up to 21 ...

December 9, 2015
News Solar Frontiers
WATCH: ‘Solar Frontiers’ explores global discussions of climate change

As global leaders meet to discuss the future of climate change at COP21, Economist Films has released its latest documentary film &ldqu...

December 9, 2015
Mounting Guide Solar FlexRack New TDP Tracker
New single-axis tracker, turnkey service launched by Solar FlexRack

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a leader in photovoltaic mounting solutions, is debuting its next generation, ...

December 9, 2015
Financing REC Solar Duke energy storage
Duke Energy ready to promote commercial solar+storage solution

Solar+storage gets a lot of buzz, but it is still an unknown (as we noted in this cover story). Is the tide starting to turn? Duke Energy Re...

December 8, 2015