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Florida solar ruling Florida Supreme Court ruling to boost PACE funding for commercial property
Chris Crowell
October 7, 2015
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News sunpower
SunPower launches remote operations center for U.S. plants (will monitor about 1.3 GW)
October 6, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison completes 1.2 MW projects for Minnesota wastewater plant
October 6, 2015
News Alliant Energy
Iowa utility issues RFPs to boost solar generation by 50 percent
October 6, 2015
News solar cheaper coal
Solar energy costs decline in 2015 second half; fossil fuel costs climb
October 6, 2015
News dominion solar power
56-MW of solar facilities planned by Dominion Virginia Power by...

Dominion Virginia Power proposed to build 56-MW of large-scale solar facilities that would begin producing renewable energy by December...

October 5, 2015
News Solar City
SolarCity claims to have built world’s most-efficient rooftop solar panel

SolarCity sent out a press release claiming to have built the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel, with a module effi...

October 5, 2015
Batteries OutBack Energy Cell Nano Carbon
New OutBack battery bridges gap between lead-acid, advanced storage

OutBack Power debuted the EnergyCell Nano-Carbon battery line at this year’s Solar Power International Convention. This exci...

October 5, 2015
News Consumers Energy
Michigan breaks ground on largest community solar project

Officials from Consumers Energy and Grand Valley State University celebrated their collaboration to expand renewable energy in Michigan, bre...

October 5, 2015
News Nevada solar power
Skylar Resources acquires rights to develop 180-MW Nevada solar project

Skylar Resources L.P. acquired 100 percent interest in the option rights to develop the 180-MW Townsite PV project that KOWEPO Ame...

October 5, 2015
News Schneider Electric inverters
Schneider Electric receives inverter approval from Dubai authority

Schneider Electric Solar Business has been listed as an approved PV Inverter Manufacturer for Dubai Electric and Water Authority’s (DE...

October 2, 2015
News SunLink news
SunLink brings on new chief financial officer

SunLink Corp. announced Ken Schwarz has joined the company as chief financial officer. With decades of successful high-growth company l...

October 2, 2015
Mounting Guide SnapNRack junction box wire management
New from SnapNrack: A Junction Box and Trunk Cable Clamp

SnapNrack, a manufacturer of solar panel mounting solutions, just announced a new Junction Box and Trunk Cable Clamp that wil...

October 2, 2015
News SunTracker SunEdison Chile
NEXTracker ships self-powered solar trackers to big SunEdison project in...

NEXTracker, designer and manufacturer of advanced single axis PV trackers, completed a 110 MW DC shipment of its Self-Powered Tracker (...

October 1, 2015
News FirstEnergy Ohio solar
FirstEnergy announces RFP for Ohio-compliant solar energy credits

  Ohio is kind of lagging behing the rest of the country when it comes to solar energy, but maybe the shade is shifting a bit. FirstEne...

October 1, 2015
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New Financing Model, Acquisition Position REC Solar for Commercial Success

The solar industry is ripe with new opportunity, both in terms of previously underserved verticals and new technology, but getting the finan...

October 1, 2015
News North Carolina solar
North Carolina hits 1 GW of solar capacity (we start...

North Carolina’s growing clean energy industry reached a new milestone this week with the NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA), a...

October 1, 2015
Financing Florida commercial solar financing
Florida commercial solar boost: Demeter Power Group, Renew Financial partner

A lot is going on with Renew Financial that could provide a big boost to commercial solar deals in Florida. First, Renew entered into a stra...

September 30, 2015
News PSE&G
PSE&G landfill solar farm named New Jersey Renewable Energy Project...

The New Jersey Association of Energy Engineers (NJAEE) has selected Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s (PSE&G’s) Kins...

September 29, 2015
News dominion solar power
University of Maryland gets $50,000 grant for solar cooling system...

The Dominion Foundation presented the University of Maryland with a $50,000 educational grant — part of Dominion’...

September 29, 2015