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Data Center Survey: Growing ‘time to power’ challenge for data centers
SB Staff
April 29, 2025
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Conductor Solar analyzes mid-market solar deals in new report
April 28, 2025
+ Storage Briggs and Stratton Simpliphi 6.6 battery
Briggs & Stratton SimpliPHI 6.6 batteries now available on OpenSolar
April 28, 2025
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Omnidian eyes expansion plan with $87 million funding round
April 28, 2025
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BlueWave shares responsible solar development impact from 2024
April 28, 2025
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Sunrun completes three affordable housing projects in California

Sunrun completed three new solar installations at affordable apartment communities in Orange County, California. Collectively, the new rooft...

April 28, 2025
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World4Solar approved as GSA Schedule manufacturer

World4Solar carport rendering World4Solar (W4S) earned approval as a manufacturer under the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule, ...

April 28, 2025
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Pico Rivera, California earns SolSmart Gold designation for solar permitting...

The national SolSmart program, a free technical assistance and solar readiness initiative, has recognized the City of Pico Rivera, Californi...

April 28, 2025
+ Storage UL Solutions battery energy storage test
UL Solutions improves BESS safety test methods

UL Solutions has made significant enhancements to the testing methods for battery energy storage systems (BESS), which are critical for...

April 25, 2025
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Aspen Power completes 10 net-metering solar projects in Pennsylvania

Aspen Power held a ceremony this week to celebrate the completion of 10 new solar sites that are contributing to Pennsylvania’s energy...

April 24, 2025
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VanTran, MGM Transformers open new manufacturing facility in Texas

A new transformer manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas, will unlock $1 billion in production capacity to power data centers, the renewable ...

April 24, 2025
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AIP Management invests $500M in Silicon Ranch | Solar Financing...

This edition of the Solar Financing Spotlight looks at AIP’s major investment in Silicon Ranch, while several other developers have cl...

April 24, 2025
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Profiling Zodiac, a ‘substring inverter’ that could revolutionize PV systems

Solar module manufacturing has been in the spotlight in the United States the last few years, mostly in terms of supply chain for convention...

April 23, 2025
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Installed KiloVault? Solamp is here to help

Chris Brown, tinkering with a KiloVault battery. As the battery attachment rate soars, so too will the number of abandoned systems and defun...

April 23, 2025
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Vector Solutions, NFPA offer DER safety training for fire departments

ID 59292001 © Szebas Last year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Vector Solutions launched a program to properly tra...

April 17, 2025
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UL updates 9540A test protocols for new battery chemistries, applications

Battery testing and standards continue to evolve along with battery innovations. UL Solutions announced some important enhancements to the 9...

April 17, 2025
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Report: $8 billion in renewable energy investments canceled in Q1

The first three months of 2025 have seen $8 billion in investments canceled and 16 new large-scale factories and other projects abandoned or...

April 17, 2025
Projects VermeerOne
New VermeerOne connects equipment owners to essential information 

Vermeer’s new VermeerOne digital platform streamlines the management, monitoring and maintenance of the manufacturer’s equipment...

April 16, 2025
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Avery Dennison debuts Solar Panel Bonding adhesives

Example of Busbar Bonding PSA tape from Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Performance Tapes is expanding into the solar industry with a new Sola...

April 16, 2025
News Scanifly and EcoFasten demo
Scanifly speeds up solar design with racking integrations. EcoFasten the...

Scanifly and EcoFasten demo Solar PV design and field operations software company Scanifly, best known for its drone service, is now integra...

April 16, 2025