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Florida Municipal Solar Project Florida municipal utilities expand large-scale solar project
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July 12, 2023
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News Fraunhofer agrivoltaics solar farmland
Biden Administration commits $45M to fund dual-use solar technology
July 12, 2023
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Iconic California hotels use thermal ESS to cut HVAC costs and reduce carbon footprint
July 12, 2023
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Wärtsilä adds innovative fire alarm system to ESS, complies with NFPA 69
July 12, 2023
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Meet e-STORAGE, Canadian Solar’s rebranded utility-scale storage subsidiary
July 12, 2023
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Ginlong Solis ranks as third largest global solar inverter manufacturer

Ginlong (Solis) Technologies has been ranked the world’s third largest inverter manufacturer for the second consecutive year by S&...

July 11, 2023
Projects Altus Power solar
Altus Power completes 5 MW community solar array in New York

Altus Power Inc. has completed the development and construction of a 4.8 MW ground-mounted solar array in Cayuga County, New York. The asset...

July 11, 2023
Projects New Mexico
D.E. Shaw begins construction on 200 MWac San Juan solar+storage project...

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has closed on financing and started construction on its San Juan 1 project, a 200 MWac solar and 100...

July 11, 2023
Projects Endress+Hauser Castillo RPG solar
Endress+Hauser saves $140,000 with 1.3 MW solar project in Indiana

Automation and instrumentation manufacturer Endress+Hauser will be saving big with a 1.3 MW behind-the-meter solar project in Indiana. ...

July 11, 2023
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How to evaluate solar module PAN files (and why it...

This is an article from the Q2 issue of Solar Builder magazine, co-authored by Aaron Hall, president of Anza Renewables and Scott Meredith, ...

July 11, 2023
Projects Duke Amazon rooftop utility scale solar
Duke Energy unveils Kentucky’s largest utility-scale rooftop solar site at...

Duke Energy customers in Northern Kentucky are benefiting from additional clean, renewable solar energy as a result of a new utili...

July 10, 2023
News chesapeake bay watershed
Check out this Solar Mapping & Prediction study for the...

With funding support from the Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc., Chesapeake Conservancy’s data science team developed a deep learning model th...

July 10, 2023
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Enzinc takes World Materials Forum prize for zinc-based battery solution

Enzinc, a developer in the growing field of zinc battery tech, was awarded the Coup de Coeur prize in the World Materials Forum (WMF) Start ...

July 10, 2023
Projects sunrun-fresno-0079
Fresno Housing, Sunrun to power 48 homes in disadvantaged community

Fresno Housing, in partnership with Sunrun, celebrated a new solar installation at Blossom Trail Commons, an affordable housing community in...

July 10, 2023
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Video: Overview of the Qcells Q.HOME CORE energy storage system

A big trend in residential solar + storage is sourcing full systems from a single vendor when possible. One of the leaders in this space is ...

July 6, 2023
Projects GreenSpark CVE North America
GreenSpark, CVE North America break ground on community solar projects...

GreenSpark Solar and CVE North America have begun construction on a portfolio of five community solar projects totaling over 26 MW in New Yo...

July 6, 2023
News Maxeon Solar Technologies Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Mexico
Maxeon expands solar panel manufacturing in Baja California, Mexico

Maxeon Solar Technologies Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Expanded and Renovated Manufacturing Plant in Mexicali, Mexico Maxeon Solar Tech...

July 6, 2023
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Inxeption seeks smaller solar installers for Solar Installer Advocacy Program

Inxeption is welcoming solar installers doing less than 500 KW of solar installs per year to join its new Solar Installer Advocacy Program (...

July 6, 2023
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Enphase debuts U.S. inverter manufacturing with President Biden

Domestic content is now a buzzword in solar, thanks to the U.S. manufacturing incentives and the 10% domestic content investment tax credit ...

July 6, 2023
Projects Aigen robotics
Agricultural startup deploys solar-powered AI robotics technology

Aigen cofounders Rich Wurden (left) and Kenny Lee. (Photo by Peter Bohler.) A Seattle-based agricultural technology startup has unveile...

July 5, 2023