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Itron Total Solar Itron launches solution for the solar industry
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June 30, 2015
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News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker, Blattner Energy sign 1 GW tracker deal
June 30, 2015
News Jamaica solar deal
Content Solar, OPIC sign $47M deal for PV facility in Jamaica
June 29, 2015
News strata solar
Strata Solar hires 188 workers for growing North Carolina solar market
June 29, 2015
News solar company acquisition
Finavera Wind Energy closes Solar Alliance of America acquisition
June 29, 2015
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Sunrun files registration statement for IPO

Sunrun, a national provider of residential solar to homeowners, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securi...

June 29, 2015
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GameChange racking used in 32 MW North Carolina project

GameChange Racking recently completed delivery of a 32 MW project to North Carolina. The system supports over 100,000 panels, was produced i...

June 26, 2015
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Hear Princeton Power Systems talk about microgrids #Intersolar2015

Princeton Power Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy management, micro-grid o...

June 26, 2015
Financing SunLink
SunLink receives line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank

As part of the company’s expansion from a leading PV mounting systems manufacturer to a full-scope solar energy solutions company, Sun...

June 26, 2015
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Applied Energy Technologies racking tapped for 22.6 MW Utah install

Applied Energy Technologies (AET) a supplier of utility-scale racking systems, was selected by Swinerton Renewable Energy to provide it...

June 26, 2015
News Advanced Green
AGT Solar working with Lockheed Martin on huge carport install

With the first phase of the innovative solar carport at Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training facility in Oldsmar, Fla., comp...

June 25, 2015
Financing
DTE Energy issues RFP to develop solar generating facility

DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to develop a solar generating...

June 25, 2015
News AllEarth Renewables
AllEarth Renewables preps for national solar market expansion with a...

AllEarth Renewables, known for its dual-axis solar tracker, is taking on a rebranding project to position the company for its nati...

June 25, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison teams with Green Charge on energy storage project in...

SunEdison and Green Charge Networks, a large provider of commercial energy storage, are teaming up to deliver a solar plus storage system to...

June 25, 2015
News global CO2 emissions report
GDP growth now ‘uncoupled’ from CO2 emissions

Despite the world’s average annual 1.5% increase in energy consumption in recent years and average 3% growth in Gross Domestic Product...

June 24, 2015
News solar energy report
Bloomberg: $3.7 trillion solar boom approaching

We take a little break from the regular industry insider news and reports to take a look at what the broader public is reading this week abo...

June 24, 2015
News Sun Edison
SunEdison completes 1 MW canal top solar project

SunEdison, Inc. completed a 1 MW DC canal top solar power plant built for Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd (KBJNL), the Karnataka governme...

June 23, 2015
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Canadian Solar sells LunarLight to BluEarth Renewables

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of LunarLight, a 10 MMW AC...

June 23, 2015
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Sungrow to supply 75 MW of inverters in Thailand

Sungrow, a PV-inverter manufacturer, announced a deal to supply 75 MW of central inverters to be connected to the power grid in Thailan...

June 23, 2015
News phoenix solar project
Phoenix Solar to construct 135-acre solar project in Georgia for...

Nashville-based renewable energy provider Silicon Ranch Corp. and Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Mem...

June 22, 2015