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October 9, 2015
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News Utah solar array
Take a look at Utah’s largest privately owned solar array
October 9, 2015
Mounting Guide GameChange thin-film ballasted solar racking
GameChange Racking launches new thin-film pile, ballasted ground systems
October 9, 2015
Batteries Hannah Solar
Hannah Solar teams with Sonnenbatterie for energy storage option for new residential division
October 8, 2015
News Inovateus Solar
Inovateus Solar installs two arrays for Hoosier Energy
October 8, 2015
News RES Americas
Renewable Energy Systems adds serious energy storage expertise

Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a company focused on the origination, development, engineering, construction, and operation of wind, solar, ...

October 8, 2015
News SB 350 California
California’s SB 350 a big win for renewable energy

California has always been in front of the rest of the country in terms of sustainability and renewable energy, and the signing of SB 350 to...

October 7, 2015
News Australia solar power
Power down under: Solar tops wind power in Australia

We were mostly excited to write the headline, but here is the story: Solar photovoltaic (PV) became Australia’s largest source of rene...

October 7, 2015
News Florida solar ruling
Florida Supreme Court ruling to boost PACE funding for commercial...

An important ruling by the Florida Supreme Court last week will allow Florida municipalities to issue bonds to fund “property assessed...

October 7, 2015
News sunpower
SunPower launches remote operations center for U.S. plants (will monitor...

In order to improve their ability to monitor and control large-scale solar power plants that they operate in the United States, SunPowe...

October 6, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison completes 1.2 MW projects for Minnesota wastewater plant

SunEdison Inc. completed two solar power systems totaling 1.2 MW AC for the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities’ wastewater t...

October 6, 2015
News Alliant Energy
Iowa utility issues RFPs to boost solar generation by 50...

Alliant Energy is seeking to expand its renewable energy generation with solar power. Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility is issuing a reque...

October 6, 2015
News solar cheaper coal
Solar energy costs decline in 2015 second half; fossil fuel...

2015 has brought a significant shift in the generating cost comparison between renewable energy and fossil fuels, according to detailed anal...

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