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Grid Alternatives cap and trade regulation Solar power going to low-income houses thanks to California cap-and-trade
Chris Crowell
June 1, 2015
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News Sun Edison
SunEdison inks deal for 7 power plants in Long Island, N.Y.
June 1, 2015
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The PowerStore adds APS solar microinverter line
May 29, 2015
News Star Energy Partners Pennsylvania
Star Energy Partners expands to Pennsylvania
May 28, 2015
News solar industry regulation
Nevada SB 374 to define net metering cap
May 28, 2015
News North Carolina solar
North Carolina sees sustainable energy consumer push

Solar is still a fledgling industry in North Carolina, but two local entities are making a push to better inform consumers about the re...

May 28, 2015
News Nexamp solar
Nexamp installs 500 kW utility array in Rhode Island

  A new 500 kW solar project, built on a portion of 6.8 acres of previously unused land, is now operational in Richmond, R.I. The ...

May 27, 2015
News SunEdison Solar Plant
Utah gets second largest solar array thanks to Affordable Solar,...

Affordable Solar and Smith’s Food & Drug Stores have completed another project together, this time installing the second larg...

May 27, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison awarded 33 MW deal to modernize SoCal grid

As part of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) latest round of solar procurement to upgrade and modernize its grid, SunEdison, Inc., a ...

May 27, 2015
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CalCom Solar starts 1.1 MW install at Medeiros and Son...

CalCom Solar has started the installation of a new 1.1 MW solar power system at Medeiros and Son Dairy in Hanford, Calif. The project will b...

May 27, 2015
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AET Provides Roof Ballast System for GM Facility

Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems and one of the top 10 solar racking companies ...

May 27, 2015
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sPower breaks ground on 22.5 MW Sierra Solar Facility in...

sPower, a leading renewable energy provider, broke ground on a 22.5 MW solar project in Lancaster, Calif. The Sierra Solar project is sPower...

May 26, 2015
News Solar industry IPO
Principal Solar announces proposed IPO

Principal Solar, Inc. has filed the paperwork and intends to go public. The company announced that it will offer its common stock in an...

May 26, 2015
News Conergy
Conergy to purchase Sungrow inverters as part of strategic partnership

Conergy, one of the largest global solar companies, and Sungrow, one of the largest global PV-inverter manufacturers, announced a strategic ...

May 26, 2015
News Sustainability Trend
Solar panels named home exterior style trend for 2015

Royal Building Products, a manufacturer of home exterior products, releases its Exterior Style Trends guide every year to reflect the h...

May 22, 2015
News Locus Energy
Locus Energy’s fleet surpasses 1 GW of solar capacity

Locus Energy, a performance monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar PV market in the residential, commercial and ...

May 22, 2015
Batteries Chinese manufacturer
Amtech Systems receives large diffusion systems order from Chinese manufacturer

Tempress Systems, the solar subsidiary of Amtech Systems, Inc., received a large, multisystem order for its next-generation solar diffu...

May 21, 2015
News Board of Directors hire
Former SolarCity CFO Joins Mosaic’s Board of Directors

Mosaic, a prominent residential solar financing platform, announced that Robert D. Kelly will be joining its Board of Directors. Kelly ...

May 21, 2015
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XTracker Selects Flextronics for Solar Self-Powered Tracker (SPT) Controllers

Flextronics, an integrated supply chain solutions company, has been selected by NEXTracker for high volume manufacturing of its innovat...

May 19, 2015
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DuraTrack HZ v3 delivers utility-scale solar project value

Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI), the global leader in solar tracking systems, has announced its latest innovative single-axis tracking system...

May 19, 2015