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October 9, 2023
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Mincon now offers Trimble Ready drilling and piling option for solar industry
October 9, 2023
Projects Rhode Island National Guard SolarEdge rooftop
Rooftop solar helps Rhode Island National Guard cut annual electric bill by $100K
October 6, 2023
Projects Dollar Tree DSD community solar New York
Dollar Tree stores in New York sign on to 41 MW community solar portfolio
October 6, 2023
Projects Standard Solar Woburn solar
Standard Solar completes 4 MW project on EPA Superfund site in Woburn, Mass.
October 5, 2023
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BayWa r.e. opens new solar distribution center in Colombia

Left to right: Yusef Kanchi, Commercial Manager at BayWa r.e. Solar Systems in Mexico; Andres González, Managing Director at BayWa r....

October 5, 2023
Projects National Grid Renewables Amazon
National Grid Renewables celebrates 274 MW Amazon solar farm in...

National Grid Renewables and Amazon host community members and local media at Yellowbud. National Grid Renewables has begun operations ...

October 3, 2023
Projects Renewable America CCAs
Renewable America project boosts solar portfolio for Marin County, Calif.

Renewable America (RNA) has achieved mechanical completion for its Fallon Two Rock Road Solar Farm in the Petaluma area of Marin County, Cal...

October 3, 2023
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Solar Letters launches with mission to automate PE stamps for...

There are currently many costly inefficiencies within the solar letter and PE stamp process in the residential solar industry, with most fir...

October 3, 2023
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AWM beefs up weight capacity of Arden Messenger Cable Hangers

Affordable Wire Management (AWM) made a big, strategic announcement at RE+ 2023, partnering with HellermannTyton, to offer full eBOS product...

October 3, 2023
Projects Texas utility solar
Study: No negative impact on property values near utility-scale solar projects...

A new study conducted in Texas shows no evidence of negative market impact for residential properties near utility-scale solar facilities. C...

October 3, 2023
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Solar has a labor shortage. Digital enablement of frontline workers...

This perspective was sent in via Juan Muldoon, Partner at Energize Capital. In the U.S., 100,000 new clean energy jobs have emerged in the p...

October 3, 2023
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Elexity piloting commercial building storage + loads control system with...

Elexity, a provider of virtual power plant software for commercial buildings, received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant fro...

October 2, 2023
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DOE guarantees over $3 billion in solar loans tied to...

It is official: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) signed an historic agreement last week to partially guarantee...

October 2, 2023
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New solar tracker wind tunnel research solves for aeroelastic forces...

The solar industry — an emerging industry with rapidly evolving technology — is often, unfortunately, in learn-as-you-go mode. T...

October 2, 2023
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Boviet Solar Vega Series Bifacial modules a top performer in...

Climate is indeed changing all over the world, resulting in both more “extreme” weather events, and just non-historical weather ...

October 2, 2023
Projects DSD Distributed solar logo
DSD completes 4.3 MW community solar project on former landfill...

DSD Renewables has completed construction on a 4.3 MW community solar installation for the town of Bethel, New York, near the location of th...

September 28, 2023
Projects Xcel Energy
Minnesota approves Xcel Energy’s 250 MW expansion of Sherco solar...

Minnesota regulators have OK’d Xcel Energy’s plans to expand its Sherco Solar project to 710 MW, making it one of the biggest so...

September 27, 2023
+ Storage apstorage
All of the home energy storage products you missed at...

No mortal human could have kept up with every new energy storage system release or product update announced at RE+. Here is a roundup of eve...

September 26, 2023
Projects SB POY 2023_02
Vote: Utility-Scale Solar Project of the Year 2023

Here are the Utility-Scale nominees for the 2023 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards. The form is at the bottom of the page. ...

September 25, 2023