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DSD Distributed solar logo DSD, Mission Energy to provide 701 kW rooftop solar for Chicago area high school
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August 17, 2023
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Projects Nexamp Illinois community solar
Nexamp provides community solar benefits to 2 Illinois municipal customers
August 16, 2023
News home solar financing
Lease option for solar installers now available in Enerflo sales platform
August 16, 2023
News Stellar Solar Powerwall
Stellar Solar earns Tesla Performance Excellence award
August 16, 2023
Projects Akron Ohio Solar RFP landfill
Akron RFP seeks to redevelop closed landfill for solar
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
Products ROOF-COMP-HOR-2
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
News virtual power plants
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
Inverters and eBOS global solar
Top 10 global inverter brands by 2022 market share

The top 10 global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter vendors accounted for 86% of market share in 2022, increasing by 4% year-over-year since ...

August 14, 2023
News The Buzz video on 22
C&I solar design decisions that have a big impact on...

The commercial and industrial (C&I) solar segment often requires the same lead sentence: So much rooftop space with so much opportunity,...

August 14, 2023
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First Solar’s fifth U.S. solar manufacturing site planned for Louisiana

First Solar’s expansion news keeps rolling right along. This week, the company selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish...

August 11, 2023
News New Mexico
Maxeon plans solar cell, module manufacturing in New Mexico

Maxeon Solar Technologies selected Albuquerque, N.M., for its first U.S. manufacturing location. This planned 3 GW facility will be pumping ...

August 11, 2023
Projects EDF Renewables Canadian Solar agreement
EDF Renewables places multi-year order for up to 7 GW...

Canadian Solar Inc. and EDF Renewables North America have signed a multi-year module supply agreement. According to the deal, Canadian ...

August 10, 2023
+ Storage Energy-Vault-Logo
Energy Vault to source lithium-ion batteries from U.S.-based KORE Power

Energy Vault selected KORE Power to deliver domestically produced batteries starting in 2025, which is when phase one of the KOREPlex facili...

August 10, 2023
Projects catalyze community solar farm ecr
New community solar farm a first for SoCal Edison under...

The newly launched 3.8 MWdc Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm in Adelanto, California, marks the first project under California’s ...

August 9, 2023
Inverters and eBOS SolarEdge Home and Wave
SolarEdge updates Home Hub and Wave inverters with integrated PCS

SolarEdge Technologies released the latest version of the SolarEdge Home Hub and Wave inverters in the U.S. These new SolarEdge inverters wi...

August 9, 2023
Projects MCE solar projects
MCE flips the switch on 1.6 MW of solar in...

California-based non-profit electricity provider MCE continues to expand its local renewable energy portfolio with two new solar projects to...

August 9, 2023
Projects Wood Mackenzie community solar report
U.S. community solar capacity expected to break 6 GW in...

A new report shows that cumulative U.S. community solar capacity is expected to exceed 6 GW this year, despite a slowdown in growth. U.S. co...

August 9, 2023