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Nautilus solar new york Nautilus acquires 75.6 MW community solar portfolio in Illinois
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January 9, 2024
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Smarten up electric panels to avoid utility upgrades
January 8, 2024
Projects solarkal community solar
SolarKal clients add 12 MW to N.J. Community Solar Program
January 8, 2024
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Microsoft signs 8-year contract with Qcells for solar module, EPC services
January 8, 2024
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Product of the Week: Solar Mounting Tech at Intersolar
January 8, 2024
Projects hasi aes solar storage investment
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
Projects Alliant Energy Springfield solar
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
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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
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Here are the keynote speakers for Intersolar and Energy Storage...

Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America (ISNA/ESNA), the industry’s flagship solar + storage event, today annou...

December 27, 2023
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IBEW adding dual-axis solar trackers, storage to net zero Detroit...

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 58 will add three Mechatron Solar dual-axis solar trackers to expansion of ...

December 27, 2023
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Trina Solar plans to deliver PV modules in U.S. with...

Trina Solar is rolling out a new fleet of Trina-branded trucks to deliver its photovoltaic (PV) modules for utility-scale solar projects in ...

December 21, 2023
Projects Four Twelve Renewables BE Pine utility scale
Four Twelve Renewables unveils 66 GWh utility-scale solar facility in...

Four Twelve Renewables’ inaugural utility scale solar facility is now operational in Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The...

December 21, 2023
Projects Duke floating solar array
Float on: Duke Energy completes first floating solar project in...

Duke Energy’s first floating solar project in Florida is now in operation. The almost 1 MW floating solar array features mor...

December 21, 2023
Projects Summit Ridge Illinois
ComEd, Summit Ridge activate 8.7 MW of community solar in...

ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy have completed three community solar projects in Dekalb County, Illinois. This increases the number of communi...

December 20, 2023
Projects Adapture Meta solar
Solar building blocks: LEGO offshoot Adapture Renewables to supply 330...

Adapture Renewables Inc. has agreed to supply Meta, the parent company of Facebook, with 330 MW of renewable energy from three solar project...

December 20, 2023