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solar-panels-recycling EDP Renewables launches ‘Close the Loop’ solar recycling program
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December 14, 2023
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Projects Ohio Community Solar Bill
Ohio community solar bill to move forward with Substitute Bill and Hearing
December 14, 2023
Projects catalyze community solar new york
Catalyze inaugurates 2 community solar projects in New York
December 14, 2023
Projects Alliant Energy Wautoma Solar Wisconsin
Alliant Energy completes 99 MW Wautoma Solar project in Wisconsin
December 14, 2023
Projects Dimension Franklin NJ community solar
Dimension Renewable Energy commits $5M to develop 1,500 solar professionals
December 13, 2023
Projects aggreko
Aggreko acquires 9 community solar projects in New York |...

Aggreko ETS has connected the first of nine community solar projects the company acquired, with the 5.9 MWdc project in Vernon, New York. Ag...

December 13, 2023
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Fronius earns gold medal from EcoVadis for sustainability efforts

EcoVadis conducts sustainability ratings and is one of the world’s most well-known and renowned agencies. At this year’s evaluat...

December 13, 2023
Featured Power Forward state of solar 2024
Video: What did we miss in 2023 solar market forecasts?

What went wrong for the solar industry in 2023? Did anything go right? What can we expect in 2024 in terms of residential solar demand and s...

December 12, 2023
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Residential battery storage market competition is heating up

As noted in our 2024 Energy Storage System Buyer’s Guide, the market is jam packed with new solutions and new companies vying for thei...

December 12, 2023
Inverters and eBOS SMA US manufacturing
SMA announces U.S. manufacturing plan, site selection underway

In the flurry of solar manufacturing news the last 12 months, U.S.-based inverter manufacturing has still lagged. So, this is a big deal: SM...

December 12, 2023
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Trina Solar hosts sneak peek at Texas solar manufacturing facility

On December 1, Trina Solar, a global leader in smart solar products and energy solutions, hosted a celebration for its new 1.35 million squa...

December 11, 2023
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Scanifly debuts prelim PV design tool

Scanifly announced integrations with Nearmap, LiDAR and other remote data sources as part of its new preliminary design solution, Scanifly P...

December 11, 2023
eBOS ampt string optimizers
Ampt configures i50 string optimizer to boost solar tracker ROI

The DC optimizer experts at Ampt released the i50 String Optimizer earlier this year. The i50 features enhanced capabilities for utility-sca...

December 11, 2023
News LONGi sustainability
LONGi reports on carbon emissions reduction efforts

The embodied carbon of a solar panel is a metric of interest for many clean energy buyers. In its 2023 Climate Action White Paper, released ...

December 11, 2023
News CPS 250-275kW String Inverter
CPS adds 25A fuses to 1500 V solar inverters

CPS 250-275kW String Inverter As the solar PV industry moves toward larger module power generation capacities and short circuit current rati...

December 11, 2023
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Solar champions outraged by CPUC decisions that (further) gut net...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved further cutbacks to the state’s net billing incentives for distributed sola...

December 11, 2023
Projects San Diego Frontwave Arena Baker Electric
San Diego’s Frontwave Arena taps Baker Electric to provide 797...

San Diego’s newest sports and entertainment arena has inked a local partnership with Baker Electric to provide renewable energy. Baker...

December 7, 2023
Projects solar energy market
Report: Solar poised for record-setting 2023 as economic challenges mount

The U.S. solar industry added 6.5 GW of new electric generating capacity in Q3 2023, a 35% year-over-year increase as federal clean energy p...

December 7, 2023
Projects Brightcore logo
Brightcore to develop community solar project across 19 properties in...

Developer Brightcore Energy is embarking on a new solar project with Altus Power Inc. and Brennan Investment Group in New Jersey. The projec...

December 6, 2023
Projects Standard Communities Huntington Towers rooftop solar
Standard Communities to install rooftop solar system on senior facility...

Affordable housing developer and investor Standard Communities has acquired a 214-unit senior living facility in Mount Prospect, Illinois, a...

December 6, 2023