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July 5, 2023
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Projects Duke Energy ArcLight
Duke Energy to sell distributed generation business to ArcLight for $364 million
July 5, 2023
Projects residential solar installers
DOE report shows clean energy jobs on the rise
June 30, 2023
Projects solarbank
SolarBank begins construction on 5.9 MW community solar project in Manlius, N.Y.
June 29, 2023
News opportunity-zones
‘Opportunity zones’ are just that for C&I solar installers
June 29, 2023
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Frames of Steel: How Origami Solar plans to disrupt the...

Solar modules manufactured in the United States are comprised of many components made beyond U.S. borders. The polysilicon to solar cell sup...

June 29, 2023
Projects Hawthorne Renewables
Newly formed Hawthorne Renewables pledges $250M in solar projects across...

The new kid on the block pledges to have the right stuff when it comes to U.S. solar development. Phoenix-based Hawthorne Renewables la...

June 28, 2023
Projects partnership agreement
Summit Ridge, Osaka Gas enter joint venture to develop solar...

Commercial solar and energy storage company Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has expanded its partnership with Osaka Gas USA Corp. (OGUSA), a subsi...

June 28, 2023
Projects Greenskies N.J. school district solar
Greenskies installs 3.31 MW in solar to save N.J. school...

Greenskies Clean Focus has completed seven rooftop solar systems totaling 3.31 MW for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District i...

June 28, 2023
Projects Catalyst Power
Catalyst Power launches 3.6 GWh community solar in Oneida County,...

Catalyst Power Holdings LLC is opening subscriber enrollment for the Westmoreland Community Solar Farm to small businesses and res...

June 27, 2023
Projects Minnesota Power Sylvan Solar
Minnesota Power cuts the ribbon on largest regional solar project 

Minnesota Power celebrated a renewable solar energy milestone last week with a ribbon-cutting at its recently completed Sylvan Solar Project...

June 27, 2023
Projects Nautilus ESA Great Lakes Solar
Nautilus acquires 270 MW Great Lakes community solar portfolio in...

Nautilus Solar has acquired a portfolio of up to 270 MWdc community solar projects in the Midwest from ESA. The companies formed a strategic...

June 27, 2023
News vikram solar
Vikram Solar plans U.S.-based solar ingot, wafer, cell and module...

Vikram Solar, Phalanx Impact Partners, and Das & Co. formed a new U.S. joint venture and majority U.S.-owned and operated company &ndash...

June 26, 2023
News low carbon solar
Three solar module manufacturers to tout ultra low-carbon cred via...

Solar PV module manufacturers Qcells, Solarge and First Solar have been leading the charge in the “low-carbon” module category. ...

June 26, 2023
eBOS Tigo Pure Signal
GoodWe to license Tigo rapid shutdown tech

Tigo Energy and solar inverter manufacturer GoodWe Technologies Co. have come to an agreement: GoodWe will license Tigo’s Module-Level...

June 26, 2023
Projects Altus Power solar
Altus Power to build 5 MW community solar project in...

Altus Power plans to develop Hawaii’s largest community solar project to date that will soon deliver clean electric power at a discoun...

June 26, 2023
Residential Solar solar-sales-funnel
Keys to seamless solar sales, fewer cancellations

Fifteen years ago, when I sold solar at the kitchen table, I had to convince people that solar power actually worked. That time is over. Peo...

June 26, 2023
Projects DSD Rutgers Solar Carports
DSD installs 14.5 MW in solar carports for Rutgers University

DSD Renewables has been selected by Rutgers University to install 16 solar carport canopies, totaling 14.5 MW, in parking lots across the un...

June 22, 2023
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Panasonic adds energy management device to EVERVOLT home battery system

Panasonic Corporation of North America announced a new generation of its EVERVOLT Home Battery System — a modular residential storage ...

June 22, 2023
Projects grades report card solar
IREC interconnection grades highlight need for reforms to support clean...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its Freeing the Grid interconnection grades, showing room for improvement in th...

June 21, 2023