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Solar_Panels Aggreko ETS teams with Farmers Powering Communities on solar initiative
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May 23, 2023
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Projects Aspen Power rooftop multifamily
Aspen Power completes rooftop solar project for new multifamily apartments in California
May 23, 2023
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Savant acquires energy storage tech company POMCube
May 23, 2023
Projects ESA solar farm central Florida
ESA completes first phase of 3.6 MW solar project in Central Florida
May 22, 2023
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Origami Solar closer to commercializing steel frame for solar panels
May 22, 2023
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Panasonic promotes 12 companies in Installer Program

Panasonic announced the promotion of seven Elite and five Premium level authorized solar installers, expanding the number of homeowners who ...

May 22, 2023
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Qcells invests in tandem solar cell R&D and production line

Qcells is investing $100 million to accelerate the commercialization of perovskite-based tandem cells. This is a next-generation solar cell ...

May 22, 2023
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Ohm Analytics: Residential solar growth in Q1 led by California...

Ohm Analytics sent over highlights from its Q1 2023 distributed generation market report. The U.S. residential solar market experienced 21% ...

May 22, 2023
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Notes from NABCEP: How to train and build a resilient...

Shawn O’Brien, President and CEO of NABCEP, during the opening session. The NABCEP Continuing Education Conference is the best place t...

May 22, 2023
News Enel North America Factory
Enel selects Oklahoma for solar PV cell and module production

The over 2 million square foot, 3 GW factory represents a planned investment in excess of 1 billion USD, creating over 1,800 construction jo...

May 22, 2023
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Polar Racking adds two U.S. manufacturing facilities

North American solar mounting solutions provider Polar Racking is riding the U.S. solar manufacturing wave and adding two U.S. facilities st...

May 19, 2023
Projects Wisconsin solar project award
Wisconsin solar project wins award for sustainable infrastructure

A 150 MW solar installation in Saratoga, Wisconsin, has was earned a sustainability award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure ...

May 18, 2023
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First Solar expands perovskite R&D, acquires Sweden’s Evolar

First Solar strengthened its position in thin film photovoltaics by acquiring Evolar AB, a European leader in perovskite technology. The pur...

May 18, 2023
News solis hybrid inverter
Solis S6 Advanced Power Hybrid: a versatile inverter that can...

Solis launched an extremely versatile hybrid inverter this week — the S6 Advanced Power Hybrid Inverter — with an emphasis on ge...

May 18, 2023
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OMCO Solar opens fifth U.S. manufacturing facility, adds new torque...

OMCO Solar, a provider of factory-direct solar trackers and fixed-tilt solutions, announced its fifth manufacturing facility in Warsaw,...

May 17, 2023
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Anza spun off from Borrego, nets new investors to expand...

Anza, an innovative solar and storage procurement marketplace launched within Borrego Solar, that we profiled in the 2023 Q1 issue of Solar ...

May 17, 2023
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U.S. solar modules and the domestic content challenge

On May 12, the United States Treasury Department issued its long-awaited domestic content guidance for solar projects to qualify for associa...

May 17, 2023
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Wood Mac: Qcells stays atop U.S. residential, commercial solar leaderboard

Qcells once again leads the solar industry in both U.S. residential and commercial markets, according to a recent report issued by Wood Mack...

May 15, 2023
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BENY launches rapid shutdown device

BENY launched a Rapid Shutdown Solution solution this month, the BFS-21/22. The component-level rapid shutdown device plays a crucial role i...

May 15, 2023
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The benefits of non-metal flashings for tile roofs

This piece was submitted by K2 Systems Tile roofs are a common roofing option in large solar markets such as California, Arizona and Florida...

May 15, 2023