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June 15, 2015
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Solar FlexRack provides racking system for naval station
June 15, 2015
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Minneapolis-based tenKsolar ships 1.69 MW rooftop system to China
June 15, 2015
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Solar Power Inc., Vision Edge Limited reach $40 million purchase agreement
June 15, 2015
News Hawaii solar power regulation
Hawaii commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045
June 12, 2015
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Solar theft on the rise in Germany

As the solar market begins to boom across the globe, the industry is starting to draw interest from all sorts of new people and organization...

June 12, 2015
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Canadian Solar offers new warranty on polycrystalline, diamond modules

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, is offering a new upgraded warranty on its polycrystalline...

June 12, 2015
News Minnesota solar power
Minnesota city to be 100 percent solar powered

In what some would consider an unlikely place, Cologne, Minn., has signed a contract to power up to 100 percent of its city facilities&...

June 11, 2015
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Advanced energy market hits $6.2 billion in Florida

The advanced energy industry is a major economic force in Florida, at $6.2 billion in 2014 revenue, according to the first comprehensive ana...

June 11, 2015
News energy and water management
CalCom Solar, Wexus Technologies create energy-, water-saving tool

The agriculture / water / energy problem: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Due to a combination of a lack of data, high ...

June 10, 2015
News grid management solar
Report: Renewable energy reliability concerns are overstated

  A report prepared by The Brattle Group for the Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) finds that high penetration levels o...

June 10, 2015
News Sunpreme modules
CivicSolar, Sunpreme partner to offer Bi-facial PV modules

CivicSolar and Sunpreme Inc. have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sunpreme’s Bi-facial Solar PV modules, a technica...

June 9, 2015
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Martifer Solar’s Mprime launches PV trading platform for professionals

MPrime is the photovoltaic equipment distribution brand of Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, which will provide a wide range of...

June 9, 2015
News Chinese solar market
China to increase by 7 GW in 2015; U.S. moves...

No surprise here: China will remain the world’s largest market for annual solar PV installations with slightly over 17.6 GW in 20...

June 9, 2015
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Sunrun to offer suite of solar services in South Carolina

Residential solar company Sunrun will be expanding its home solar service to South Carolina and bringing new jobs to the state. Th...

June 9, 2015
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Enphase, JinkoSolar, Mounting Systems donate to 27 kW nonprofit project

  Everybody Solar, an award-winning solar energy nonprofit, has fully installed a 27 kW solar array for fellow nonprofit Wildlife Assoc...

June 9, 2015
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GameChange technology handles harsh conditions in 7 MW install

GameChange Racking announced that its articulating purlin technology which is now provided as a standard with its pile-driven and earthscrew...

June 8, 2015
News PV purchase
Dairyland Power issues RFP for 25 MW from PV sources

Dairyland Power Cooperative has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 25 MW of renewable energy from one or more new utility-scale ...

June 5, 2015
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PV utility market: Huge demand, opportunity next 10 years

We know that solar project costs are going down, both because of decreases in material prices and then subsequent increases in efficiency th...

June 5, 2015
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Vivint Solar jumping into commercial solar projects

Vivint Solar, a provider of residential solar energy systems, entered into its first solar commercial and industrial investment fund to whic...

June 4, 2015