News

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

Solar City SolarCity heads into Vermont
Chris Crowell
August 12, 2015
Read Article
News
SunPower donates solar system for food center in Austin, Texas
August 11, 2015
News Solar3D SUNworks
Solar3D’s SUNworks secures $3.5M to install 1.5-MW system for Rivermaid Trading
August 11, 2015
News SunPort RECs
Watch: First-ever solar-powered music video (and the product behind it)
August 11, 2015
News NRG Home Solar
NRG Energy brings solar power to New Jersey non-profit
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
News
Prism Solar Technologies receives Qualification Plus Certificate from TÜV Rheinland

TÜV Rheinland is a globally recognized independent testing, inspection and certification company, and last week it announced that Prism...

August 3, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison is now the official solar energy partner of NASCAR

NASCAR announced SunEdison as the Official Solar Energy Partner of NASCAR Green. This new partnership builds on the expanded use of solar te...

August 3, 2015
News SUNation Solar long island
SUNation Solar Systems completes 830 kW rooftop system on Long...

  Oakdale, N.Y.-based SUNation Solar Systems completed the construction and installation of the second largest, privately owned co...

August 3, 2015
Mounting Guide RBI Solar
RBI Solar acquired by Gibraltar Industries

RBI Solar, Inc. is a turn-key supplier of solar mounting systems. As a specialist in ground mount, roof mount, landfill solar, and custom de...

July 30, 2015
News voter support solar power
Poll: Voters in swing states support transition to clean energy

NextGen Climate was founded by investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer in 2013 and acts politically to support sustainable, pro-climate initi...

July 30, 2015