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October 27, 2023
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Projects DCO Energy Jersey City Public Schools solar
DCO Energy finalizes $122 million contract to bring solar to Jersey City Public Schools
October 26, 2023
News Enphase: IQ™ Battery 5P
Enphase IQ Battery 5P now available on Powur’s sales platform
October 25, 2023
Projects Solargis tropical solar
Report: Tropical solar can boom if irradiance modeling issues are addressed
October 25, 2023
News maine ESS incentive
Maine offers $3 million incentive for commercial energy storage
October 24, 2023
News Enerflo
Enerflo integrates Automated Escrow function for solar cash deals

As interest rates have risen over the past year, the industry has and continues to see a shift from loans to an increase in cash deals for r...

October 24, 2023
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Hitachi, Powin partner up, with Hitachi taking majority stake in...

The global demand for energy storage solutions has reached a critical juncture, and major tech brands are all finding new ways to enter the ...

October 24, 2023
News SolarReady Eagleview
EagleView can quickly quantify solar potential for any home via...

Soft costs are the bane of the home solar industry, and customer acquisition costs are a big reason why. Gathering a plentiful amount of mot...

October 24, 2023
News shady solar installer
Top home solar customer concern? Reputation.

The solar industry is forward-thinking in its design and technology innovation, but the solar sales process isn’t stacking up. While s...

October 23, 2023
News Vik_Cosmos_Still_8k_230828
Can AI speed tandem solar cell development?

Perovskite solar cells are tantalizing for how much more efficient they could be versus silicon solar cells. The problem is stabilizing thes...

October 23, 2023
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Enphase IQ EV charger now available to U.S. solar installers

Enphase Energy announced the availability of the Enphase IQ EV Charger in the United States and Canada late last week. The IQ EV Charger is ...

October 23, 2023
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Illinois rooftop solar installs thriving in ComEd territory

The future of solar energy is bright in northern Illinois as ComEd today announced that more than 51,000 Distributed Energy Resources (DER) ...

October 23, 2023
News investment tax credit
IRA solar tax credit transfers explained for companies with low...

This explainer was contributed by Laura Jones and Jason R. Eisenberg with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Richmond, Va. The Inflation Reduction ...

October 23, 2023
Projects Lightsource Conway solar farm
Lightsource bp unveils 135 MW pollinator friendly solar farm in...

Lightsource bp and Conway Corp are celebrating the completion of the 135 MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Arkansa...

October 20, 2023
Projects MCE solar utility scale Bay Area
MCE powers up California’s biggest solar + storage project to...

MCE is energizing its first utility-scale solar + storage project, which will be one of the largest operating solar and storage hybrid ...

October 20, 2023
News lumio-portable-battery
Lumio launches portable storage product line

Lumio’s business model continues to evolve. Lumio launched in December 2020 when the founders of four leading regional solar companies...

October 18, 2023
News connecticut solar
Multifamily solar projects in Connecticut benefit from definition update

Thanks to a tweak in the definition of a “residential customer” as it relates to solar energy generation (via Public Act No. 21-...

October 18, 2023
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Haven Energy launches virtual power plant in California for any...

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are hugely important for California’s grid — and can be super valuable for home solar + storage cust...

October 18, 2023
News hawaii
Powur expands solar sales network to Hawaii

Powur PBC is expanding its solar sales enablement and project fulfillment services into Hawaii. With the expansion into Hawaii, Powur is now...

October 17, 2023
Projects flexrack alltrade canada solar
​​FLEXRACK, Alltrade team up to build 182 MW solar project...

FLEXRACK’s fixed tilt mounting technology is being deployed by Alltrade in this 101 MW solar project in Aldersyde, Alberta. Constructi...

October 17, 2023