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March 19, 2025
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Financing solar financing spotlight funding piggy bank panels
GS Power Partners secures $22M for community solar portfolio in N.Y. | Solar Financing Spotlight
March 19, 2025
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Sinovoltaics launches China transformer factory map to aid solar developers
March 18, 2025
Inverters and eBOS APsystems 25 year warranty
APsystems boosts standard warranty for DS3, QT2 microinverters to 25 years
March 18, 2025
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Interested in NABCEP Energy Storage Install Professional certification? Try this practice exam first
March 18, 2025
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Savant App integrates ClimateMaster geothermal heat pump control

Smart home tech company Savant keeps integrating more control options into its Savant App, this week adding ClimateMaster’s heat pumps...

March 18, 2025
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LONGi reports impressive test data for Hi-MO 9 solar modules

Hi-MO 9 Module Hainan Demonstration Project LONGi is reporting impressive performance statistics for its Hi-MO 9 solar modules with second-g...

March 18, 2025
Projects Projects Weekly solar energy storage
SolRiver starts construction on Longleaf Solar Project in N.C. |...

This edition of Projects Weekly highlights SolRiver and DC Green Bank breaking ground on new solar projects in North Carolina and Washington...

March 17, 2025
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Champion Homes debuts a ‘solar-ready’ manufactured home

Factory-built homebuilder, Champion Homes, is launching a new solar-ready manufactured home called EcoWise. Now available in the Northeaster...

March 17, 2025
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Residential UL 3741: EnergyWise explains code-compliant install for unhoused community

Peter Greenberg, owner of EnergyWise Services, on left. Natascha Hood, Director of Sales at Solis USA/Canada, on right. Peter Greenberg, own...

March 17, 2025
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Sungrow debuts PowerTitan 2.0 ESS in Mexico

At RE+ Mexico 2025 (formerly Solar + Storage Mexico), Sungrow showcased the PowerTitan 2.0 Energy Storage System. Sungrow is promoting Power...

March 17, 2025
News Dispatches Lebanon Solar Project
Video: Installing solar on floodplain in Lebanon, Ohio

The eighth episode of Dispatches From the Energy Transition, a webinar series hosted by Mayfield Renewables and Outfit, is titled “Ins...

March 14, 2025
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Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 debuts in Europe

Enphase Energy is now shipping its newest electric vehicle (EV) charger, the IQ EV Charger 2, in 14 European markets. The IQ EV Charger...

March 13, 2025
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Battery storage sales buoy sinking home solar market

There was much celebration this week because a record-breaking 50 GW of new solar capacity was installed in the United States in 2024, accor...

March 13, 2025
News Houston OASYS House 2024
Panasonic builds concept home to showcase solar, ESS, and new...

Renewable energy, air quality, and heating & cooling technology, and smart home gizmos are all starting to converge. For example, look n...

March 13, 2025
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San José Clean Energy expands demand response program with Uplight

San José Clean Energy, an electric utility for the California city, is expanding its demand response (DR) program with Uplight. San J...

March 12, 2025
News Dean Solon ReCreate solar un-evil empire
TGC partners with Create Energy for supply of ReCreate solar...

Create Energy announced that it will supply ReCreate modules to funds and solar projects managed by True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC)....

March 12, 2025
News solar panels stacked secondary market
Great deals on liquidated solar panels in secondary PV market...

The Annual PV Module Price Index for the Secondary Solar Market from EnergyBin shows the impact of liquidated solar panel inventory and canc...

March 12, 2025
News Funding
Tandem PV secures $50M to pursue U.S. manufacturing of next-gen...

Perovskite solar technology holds the promise of higher efficiency solar panels. Perovskite has also been difficult to move from lab results...

March 10, 2025
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Fronius GEN24 with BYD battery is now a listed ESS...

The California Energy Commission (CEC) officially added the Fronius GEN24 hybrid solar inverter to its Energy Storage System (ESS) listing w...

March 10, 2025