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November 11, 2015
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News Fronius
New Fronius inverters include revenue grade metering option
November 11, 2015
News SPIsolar
Solar Power Inc. grows, adds two key positions
November 10, 2015
Financing PosiGen Solar Solutions
PosiGen snags Goldman Sachs investment to provide solar to low-income families
November 10, 2015
News TXU Energy SunPower
TXU Energy partners with SunPower for new Texas solar solution
November 10, 2015
News Trinasolar
Most efficient p-type multi-crystalline solar cell? Trina Solar stakes claim

The latest update in the solar panel efficiency showdown: Trina Solar Limited reports that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Techno...

November 10, 2015
News New Jersey landfill solar
WATCH: PSE&G debuts community solar project in N.J. landfill

We here at Solar Builder get excited about the possibilities of community solar. So, if there is news about a new community solar project, w...

November 9, 2015
News Sun Edison
Latest SunEdison power plant to be largest in New Hampshire

SunEdison has completed construction on New Hampshire’s largest solar power plant, a 942 KW DC solar power plant for the town of Peter...

November 9, 2015
News TenneSEIA
TenneSEIA honors its solar industry champion for 2015

The Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association (TenneSEIA) represents the interests of the solar energy industry in Tennessee, with the m...

November 9, 2015
News solar industry question
What is your wild prediction for the solar industry in...

It is no secret that 2016 is going to be one busy, wild and possibly uncertain time for the solar industry as the expiration of the 30 perce...

November 9, 2015
News SolarEdge
SolarEdge Q1 financials: Revenue up 72 percent, 356 MW of...

SolarEdge Technologies’ fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2015, and showed record revenue of $115.1 million, up 16.9% from prev...

November 6, 2015
News Suncrest Solar ProAlliance
Suncrest Solar on the rise, expands territory

Suncrest Solar, a full-service provider of residential solar, announced expansion of services to Northern California, South Carolina and Uta...

November 6, 2015
News China solar power
China’s renewable energy portfolio to more than triple next 10...

Cumulative installed capacity for renewables, excluding hydropower, in China will more than triple from 196.3 GW in 2015 to an estimated 608...

November 6, 2015
News pristine sun
Pristine Sun hires former Deutsche Bank director as new CFO

Pristine Sun, an independent power producer, a full service EPC, and a leading developer of small utility-scale solar PV power plants, annou...

November 6, 2015
News PCI Solar install
PCI Solar begins cool project in Woodland, Calif., that is...

Austin, Texas-based PCI Solar has begun construction of a 2.46 MW portfolio for the city of Woodland, Calif. The six separate syst...

November 5, 2015
Financing solar industry deal
Solar funding activity: Q3 falls by half, yieldcos out of...

After two record quarters, residential and commercial solar funds in Q3 2015 fell by almost half with $997 million in five deals, according ...

November 5, 2015
News Nexamp - Nextility 88kW - Rooftop Closeup
Details on 88-kW rooftop install at Schernecker Property Services by...

Nexamp and Nextility completed an 88-kW rooftop solar system at Schernecker Property Services’ (SPS) headquarters in Waltham, Mass. Th...

November 5, 2015
News Ideal Power logo
Ideal Power receives 14.5-MW order for mix of power conversion...

Retaining previous business is always a good thing, and growing that business is even better. Ideal Power, a developer of power conversion t...

November 4, 2015
News solar developing countries
Solar bad for the poor? SEIA fights Wall Street Journal...

The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece a few weeks ago titled “This Child Doesn’t Need a Solar Panel” with the subhe...

November 4, 2015
Financing USDA solar financing
Solar ag boost: More USDA loans, grants available for renewable...

The ag sector is an important one for solar, so the announcement last week from the USDA that it is awarding loans and grants that will...

November 4, 2015