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July 11, 2023
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Projects Duke Amazon rooftop utility scale solar
Duke Energy unveils Kentucky’s largest utility-scale rooftop solar site at Amazon Air Hub
July 10, 2023
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Check out this Solar Mapping & Prediction study for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
July 10, 2023
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Enzinc takes World Materials Forum prize for zinc-based battery solution
July 10, 2023
Projects sunrun-fresno-0079
Fresno Housing, Sunrun to power 48 homes in disadvantaged community
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
Projects united-states-solar-energy
Research shows capital spending flowing to solar power amid energy...

The energy transition is apparent in capital spending, with the bulk of state-level investments in the United States market targeting solar ...

July 5, 2023
Projects Duke Energy ArcLight
Duke Energy to sell distributed generation business to ArcLight for...

Duke Energy is selling its commercial distributed generation business to an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC for an enterprise val...

July 5, 2023
Projects residential solar installers
DOE report shows clean energy jobs on the rise

Jobs in the clean energy industry grew by 3.9% last year, outpacing overall U.S. employment and all other forms of energy, according to the ...

June 30, 2023
Projects solarbank
SolarBank begins construction on 5.9 MW community solar project in...

Developer SolarBank Corp. has received permitting to begin construction of its 5.9 MWdc community solar project in Manlius, New York, f...

June 29, 2023
News opportunity-zones
‘Opportunity zones’ are just that for C&I solar installers

Credit: OpportunityDb This piece comes via Aurora Solar. Federal opportunity zones, which offer tax benefits to qualifying businesses, are l...

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