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applied energy technologies AET to exhibit ECO solar mounting line, host cocktail hour at #Intersolar2015
Chris Crowell
July 1, 2015
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News Ideal Power and LG Chem
Ideal Power’s grid resilient power conversion systems achieve UL Certification
July 1, 2015
News North Carolina solar
Carolina CAT in final stages of Shelby, N.C., solar farm
July 1, 2015
News Martifer Solar Belgium install
Martifer Solar connects PV plant in Belgium for Orka NV
July 1, 2015
News solaredge
Andalay module compatible with SolarEdge power optimizers
June 30, 2015
News Itron Total Solar
Itron launches solution for the solar industry

Itron, a technology and services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, announced the launch of Itron Total Solar, a ...

June 30, 2015
News NEXTracker solar trackers
NEXTracker, Blattner Energy sign 1 GW tracker deal

NEXTracker, designer and manufacturer of advanced single axis PV trackers, and Blattner Energy, a diversified power generation contractor, s...

June 30, 2015
News Jamaica solar deal
Content Solar, OPIC sign $47M deal for PV facility in...

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, signed a financing agreemen...

June 29, 2015
News strata solar
Strata Solar hires 188 workers for growing North Carolina solar...

Strata Solar hired 188 new solar workers from the Fayetteville area to immediately begin work on a solar project in Duplin County. Strata ma...

June 29, 2015
News solar company acquisition
Finavera Wind Energy closes Solar Alliance of America acquisition

Finavera Wind Energy Inc. closed the previously announced acquisition of Solar Alliance of America. Under the terms of the Share Purchase Ag...

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
Mounting Guide Game Change racking NC 3
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
News princeton-power-systems
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
Mounting Guide applied energy technologies
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