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April 19, 2023
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News Demand IQ
Demand IQ develops canvassing app for solar sales reps
April 18, 2023
News HMS-Cable-System-installation-solution
Hoymiles innovates microinverter installs with HMS Cable System
April 18, 2023
News redflow-battery-001
Redflow’s zinc-bromine flow battery receives SGIP approval in California
April 18, 2023
News True-Design-2
EagleView adds 3D environments, solar tiles, and proposal tool integrations to TrueDesign 2.0
April 18, 2023
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Video: Are microinverters cost competitive in C&I solar?

Microinverters have been a hit residential solar for how they simplify installation, provide panel level monitoring and shade mitigation and...

April 18, 2023
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Enerflo adds Emporia home energy management products to platform

Emporia’s home energy management products are now available via solar sales platform Enerflo. Residential solar sales dealers, install...

April 17, 2023
Sponsored Content Boviet Solar
Product of the Week: BOVIET SOLAR I Top-performing PV Modules

Boviet Solar’s Gamma Series™ Monofacial and Vega Series™ Bifacial PV modules are designed with better- technology in mind,...

April 17, 2023
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GAF solar shingles overcome HOA objections in Virginia

Roofers install solar shingles atop Jonathan Lockwood’s roof in Reston, Virginia. Credit: Elizabeth McGowan Via Energy News ...

April 14, 2023
News Fluke NABCEP
Fluke is now a NABCEP Registered Training Provider

The industrial tool innovators at Fluke are now designated as a North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) Registered T...

April 14, 2023
Projects vanderbilt solar
Vanderbilt University flips the switch on 35 MW solar farm

Silicon Ranch Corp. joined Vanderbilt University, Nashville Electric Service (NES) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to “flip t...

April 13, 2023
News california-state
California net billing is here – and so are these...

California’s net billing tariff era (NEM 3.0) is officially upon us starting April 15. Net billing drastically reduces the value of so...

April 13, 2023
News Vermeer PD5R
Innovations in pile drivers for solar projects

Pile drivers have become a go-to machine in the renewable energy market for the construction of ground-mount solar projects. As the construc...

April 12, 2023
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Generac adds stationary battery storage for C&I applications

Generac continues to build out its solar + storage product portfolio. This week, Generac Industrial Power (part of Generac Power Systems) un...

April 12, 2023
Financing strong solar financing
Solar customers can pre-qualify for Sunlight Financial loans in Demand...

Sunlight Financial is partnering with Demand IQ, a solar sales and marketing enablement software, to ease the pre-qualification process for ...

April 11, 2023
Projects Longroad Foxhound Dominion
Dominion Energy to acquire Longroad’s 108 MW Foxhound Solar project

Longroad Energy solar array. Longroad Energy has sold its 108 MWdc (83 MWac) Foxhound Solar project to Dominion Energy. Located in Halifax C...

April 11, 2023
News solar-panel-recycling
Arrow Canyon solar panel recycling contract goes to Green Earth...

With the projected growth of solar installations being constructed around the country, protecting the waste stream and reusing valuable comp...

April 11, 2023
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DOE SolSmart program expands to strengthen local solar energy markets

The national SolSmart program is expanding to help 500 more cities, towns, counties and regional organizations in the United States strength...

April 11, 2023
Projects Greenskies Brownstone rooftop
Greenskies installs 67 kW rooftop solar at Brownstone Intermediate School...

Greenskies Clean Focus has installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Brownstone Intermediate School in Portland, Connecticut. The 67 kW ...

April 10, 2023
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Tesla’s Solar Roof is way off initial install goals, according...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk debuted the Tesla Solar Roof to much fanfare in 2016. Tesla aimed to manufacture 1,000 Solar Roofs per week by late 2019...

April 10, 2023