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EDF Enbridge Fox Squirrel solar Ohio Phase 1 of Ohio’s largest solar complex is now operational
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January 12, 2024
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Solar financing consolidation continues: Sunstone Credit acquires ORKA Finance
January 11, 2024
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KORE Power taking orders on DC Block energy storage units, made in the U.S.
January 11, 2024
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Trina Solar president explains their path forward in U.S. solar market
January 11, 2024
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BayWa r.e. U.S. Solar Distribution names new CEO
January 10, 2024
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Questions left for domestic content tax rules for U.S. solar...

This piece was contributed by Yezin Taha, founder of Nevados, an all-terrain solar tracker manufacturer. Apart from solar power’s envi...

January 10, 2024
News dcbel Inc--dcbel to receive -52M- courtesy of California Energy
CEC awards dcbel $52M grant to deploy EV chargers in...

Along with bidirectional EV charging, the dcbel Home Energy Station provides a powerful solar and home battery inverter with built-in artifi...

January 9, 2024
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Nautilus acquires 75.6 MW community solar portfolio in Illinois

Nautilus Solar Energy operates and manages solar farms in 10 states, including this one in New York. The company recently acquired a 75.6 MW...

January 9, 2024
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Smarten up electric panels to avoid utility upgrades

Increasingly, homeowners know that electrifying everything has advantages, from improving indoor air quality to cutting power bills to lower...

January 8, 2024
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SolarKal clients add 12 MW to N.J. Community Solar Program

Commercial solar advisory firm SolarKal has helped steer 13 commercial solar projects through to acceptance in the New Jersey Community Sola...

January 8, 2024
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Microsoft signs 8-year contract with Qcells for solar module, EPC...

Qcells announced an eight-year strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp., which is its largest module and engineering, procurement and constru...

January 8, 2024
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Product of the Week: Solar Mounting Tech at Intersolar

Join Us at Intersolar Booth 2247 QuickBOLT offers a wide range of solar mounts for every roof, including our famous over-the-shingle mountin...

January 8, 2024
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HASI investment supports 200 solar projects in 11 states

Climate solutions investor HASI is helping to fund more than 600 MW portfolio of solar projects. The company’s investment supports ass...

January 5, 2024
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What to see at Intersolar and Energy Storage North America...

Sure, the ball dropping in Times Square is fun, but in solar, the New Year doesn’t really start until Intersolar North America and Ene...

January 5, 2024
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Capital Good Fund launches solar leasing program in Georgia for...

Lower-income earners, families of color, and senior citizens spend disproportionately more of their income on utilities without the means to...

January 3, 2024
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Alliant completes 6 projects, triples solar capacity in Wisconsin

Alliant Energy’s 100 MW Springfield project is one of the company’s six recent solar projects. Wisconsin’s energy future i...

January 2, 2024
Projects Next2Sun iSun agrivoltaics
Next2Sun, iSun to build first vertical agrivoltaics system in Vermont

U.S. solar company iSun Inc. and German agrivoltaics pioneer Next2Sun Mounting Systems GmbH plan to build an innovative agrivoltaics system ...

January 2, 2024
News California down solar market
Grappling with California’s solar market crash

A survey of California solar and storage companies found 17,000 jobs have or will be lost by the end of 2023 due the recent net metering cha...

January 2, 2024
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Details on First Solar’s $700 million production tax credit sale

First Solar closed out 2023 with what’s believed to be the first significant Section 45X credit transfer in the solar industry. First ...

December 29, 2023
News Trina Solar
Six PV module manufacturers to standardize 700W+ solar panel dimensions

The variety of solar panel configurations over the years has really been a headache for installers and balance of system providers. Six sola...

December 27, 2023