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colorado community solar Xcel Energy adds SolarEdge battery to Colorado VPP program
Chris Crowell
August 22, 2023
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eBOS Leviton Load Center and My Leviton Product Family
Leviton debuts 2nd Gen Smart Circuit Breakers with app control
August 22, 2023
Projects Spruce finance-001
Spruce Power acquires portfolio of 2,400 residential solar systems for $20.9 million
August 22, 2023
Projects Leeward Oak Trail Solar North Carolina
Leeward completes 100 MW Oak Trail Solar project in North Carolina
August 21, 2023
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KiloVault pitches new off-grid solar + storage unit to DIYers
August 21, 2023
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LONGi emission reduction targets approved by SBTi

Embodied carbon of a solar panel is a stat of growing interest in the marketing place, especially among commercial and industrial (C&I) ...

August 21, 2023
+ Storage solar customer acquisition
Survey: Lack of solar, battery knowledge still stopping many homeowners

FranklinWH Energy Storage surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults and found that while nearly three in four Americans (73%) agree that solar energy is a ...

August 21, 2023
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Virginia county cuts red tape to revive solar installations. Will...

Via Energy News Network — One by one, tiny solar companies abandoned their rooftop ambitions in Prince William, defeated by tangles of...

August 21, 2023
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Navitas USA to be first U.S.-based Black-owned solar panel manufacturer

Navitas Solar, an India-based solar panel manufacturer, announced its expansion into the United States via a strategic collaboration with Su...

August 21, 2023
News department of commerce
Solar tariff circumvention final decision explained

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued its long-awaited final decision in the Auxin Solar tariff case with a finding of circumvention. The f...

August 21, 2023
Projects DSD Distributed solar logo
DSD, Mission Energy to provide 701 kW rooftop solar for...

DSD Renewables has partnered with Mission Energy to develop a 701 kW rooftop solar array for Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights,...

August 17, 2023
Projects Nexamp Illinois community solar
Nexamp provides community solar benefits to 2 Illinois municipal customers

Nexamp recently finalized deals with two municipal customers in Illinois to provide community solar savings and sustainability benefits. &nb...

August 16, 2023
News home solar financing
Lease option for solar installers now available in Enerflo sales...

Residential solar financing trends have shifted back to leases over loans — a market dynamic that typically benefits large national so...

August 16, 2023
News Stellar Solar Powerwall
Stellar Solar earns Tesla Performance Excellence award

Stellar Solar President Brian Hobbs with one of his three Tesla Powerwalls. (PRNewsfoto/Stellar Solar) Stellar Solar, a solar and battery in...

August 16, 2023
Projects Akron Ohio Solar RFP landfill
Akron RFP seeks to redevelop closed landfill for solar

The Rubber City wants to go solar. Officials in Akron, Ohio, are seeking proposals from solar developers for a PV system at a closed landfil...

August 16, 2023
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First Solar finds forced labor at Malaysia facility during third-party...

In its 2023 Sustainability Report, First Solar self-reported a finding of forced labor in its supply chain at a facility in Malaysia. First ...

August 16, 2023
Projects Rio Tinto Diavik Canada Solar
Canadian diamond mine to build NWT’s largest solar plant

Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories. The facility will feature ...

August 15, 2023
+ Storage Enphase IQ Battery 5P
Enphase unveils NEM 3.0-focused solution for California solar + storage...

Enphase Energy announced a comprehensive solution that can improve homeowner return-on-investment (ROI) under California’s new net bil...

August 15, 2023
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Pegasus debuts SkipRail rooftop solar mounting system

Pegasus is debuting a new solar rail system that is four years in the making — SkipRail — and it does just as the name suggests....

August 14, 2023
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Tesla Powerwall customers can now enroll in the ConnectedSolutions virtual...

Tesla is now collaborating with EnergyHub, an experienced provider of distributed energy management systems (DERMS), to allow Powerwall owne...

August 14, 2023