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Enerflo Enerflo integrates Automated Escrow function for solar cash deals
Chris Crowell
October 24, 2023
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Hitachi, Powin partner up, with Hitachi taking majority stake in EKS
October 24, 2023
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EagleView can quickly quantify solar potential for any home via SolarReady
October 24, 2023
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Top home solar customer concern? Reputation.
October 23, 2023
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Can AI speed tandem solar cell development?
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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​​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
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Deployment operations management systems tackle soft costs in utility-scale solar

This column was contributed by Fadi Abourjeily, Energy Solutions Product Manager for Sitetracker. Plunging solar photovoltaic system costs &...

October 17, 2023
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How much carbon can be offset by 4 GWs of...

This week, APsystems achieved a significant company milestone, surpassing 10 million interconnected units — a number that represents t...

October 16, 2023
Projects SunVest DeKalb Community Solar
SunVest activates 6 MW in community solar projects in DeKalb,...

SunVest Solar recently celebrated the completion of two new community solar projects in DeKalb, Illinois, officially marking the start of el...

October 16, 2023
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Stäubli makes bet on robotics to reduce large-scale solar O&M...

Solar connections often make headlines for all the incorrect ways they can be installed. It is clear the industry’s status quo for ins...

October 16, 2023
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Fronius USA plans solar inverter manufacturing at Indiana HQ

Founded in Austria in 1945, Fronius remains a family-owned and operated business, but is a global player in welding, battery charging and, o...

October 16, 2023