News

Solar industry news: Mounting, inverter, PV module, tracker and energy storage trends; net metering regulation; financing, buying trends and more.

SunLink-Logo SunLink, Blattner Energy partner on 148.5-MW solar project in Southeast 
Chris Crowell
August 13, 2015
Read Article
News coal power
GlobalData predicts a 60-GW coal power reduction by 2020 in U.S.
August 13, 2015
News APS microinverter
SimpleRay to start distributing APS microinverters
August 13, 2015
Financing Standard Solar
Spring manufacturer adds 111-kW system, uses Connecticut ZREC program
August 12, 2015
News AllEarth solar trackers residence
Project: Illinois homeowners install three ground-mount, solar trackers
August 12, 2015
News Solar City
SolarCity heads into Vermont

SolarCity is making its solar service available to Vermont homeowners for the first time. Vermont residents can now install solar with ...

August 12, 2015
News
SunPower donates solar system for food center in Austin, Texas

SunPower Corp. and SunPower Elite Dealer Freedom Solar completed a 14 kW solar power system for Austin’s Sustainable Food Ce...

August 11, 2015
News Solar3D SUNworks
Solar3D’s SUNworks secures $3.5M to install 1.5-MW system for Rivermaid...

Solar3D, developer of a proprietary high-efficiency solar cell, announced today that its operating division SUNworks has secured a $3.5...

August 11, 2015
News SunPort RECs
Watch: First-ever solar-powered music video (and the product behind it)

Judging by the crowd at Battle of the Bands during Intersolar, the solar industry is into music. The organizers of Battle of the Bands may w...

August 11, 2015
News NRG Home Solar
NRG Energy brings solar power to New Jersey non-profit

NRG Energy is a pretty cool organization that tries to mix in some charitable good to complement the positives of installing renewable energ...

August 10, 2015
News Osceola Energy solar
Check out the design of this cool carport install at...

Carports on their own make a statement about the commitment of a property toward clean energy. We have discussed them plenty here at Solar B...

August 10, 2015
Financing Pattern Development financing
Pattern Development completes $205M financing on 122 MW project in...

Advancing into the solar power market, Pattern Energy Group LP announced the completion of approximately $205 million in project financing a...

August 10, 2015
Financing Linea Energy solar financing
Distributed Sun forms solar tax equity fund for unrated credit...

Distributed Sun announced the formation of sunFIVE, a solar tax equity fund. Managed by DSUN, sunFIVE will invest in commercial and industri...

August 6, 2015
News Landmark Dividend
Landmark Dividend makes solar land acquisition

Landmark Dividend LLC, a ground lease acquisition company, recently acquired 190 acres in New Jersey, which is currently being leased t...

August 6, 2015
News Ideal Power and LG Chem
Ideal Power systems selected by Sonnenbatterie for energy storage solution

Ideal Power Inc., a developer of innovative power conversion technologies, and Sonnenbatterie, Europe’s leading smart energy storage p...

August 6, 2015
News Solar City
SolarCity to acquire large commercial solar developer in Mexico

SolarCity entered into a definitive agreement with and ILIOSSON, S.A. de C.V., for the right to acquire ILIOSS, one of the largest commercia...

August 5, 2015
News NRG Solar
NRG brings 1 MW project online as part of shared...

NRG Home Solar and NRG Renew just brought a new shared solar site online in Freetown, Mass. NRG says the 1-MW site will power approximately ...

August 4, 2015
News
DTE Energy to start 750 kW project in Romulus, Michigan

DTE Energy, the largest developer of solar energy projects in Michigan, has begun construction of an array in Romulus that will operate by t...

August 4, 2015
News PG&E
PG&E proposes smart energy reform to support rooftop solar in...

As utilities across the country get hip to the benefits of solar power, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is an original early adopter...

August 4, 2015
Mounting Guide Gamechange racking pour in place
GameChange releases Gen4 Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System

You probably already know about previous versions of the Pour-in-Place. Well, GameChange has announced a newer edition, the Gen4 Pour-i...

August 3, 2015