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PV-Market-Guide-4x6-ratio-image_54-57 Frames of Steel: How Origami Solar plans to disrupt the global PV module market
Chris Crowell
June 29, 2023
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Projects Hawthorne Renewables
Newly formed Hawthorne Renewables pledges $250M in solar projects across U.S.
June 28, 2023
Projects partnership agreement
Summit Ridge, Osaka Gas enter joint venture to develop solar and storage projects
June 28, 2023
Projects Greenskies N.J. school district solar
Greenskies installs 3.31 MW in solar to save N.J. school district $240,000 in energy costs
June 28, 2023
Projects Catalyst Power
Catalyst Power launches 3.6 GWh community solar in Oneida County, New York
June 27, 2023
Projects Minnesota Power Sylvan Solar
Minnesota Power cuts the ribbon on largest regional solar project 

Minnesota Power celebrated a renewable solar energy milestone last week with a ribbon-cutting at its recently completed Sylvan Solar Project...

June 27, 2023
Projects Nautilus ESA Great Lakes Solar
Nautilus acquires 270 MW Great Lakes community solar portfolio in...

Nautilus Solar has acquired a portfolio of up to 270 MWdc community solar projects in the Midwest from ESA. The companies formed a strategic...

June 27, 2023
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Vikram Solar plans U.S.-based solar ingot, wafer, cell and module...

Vikram Solar, Phalanx Impact Partners, and Das & Co. formed a new U.S. joint venture and majority U.S.-owned and operated company &ndash...

June 26, 2023
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Three solar module manufacturers to tout ultra low-carbon cred via...

Solar PV module manufacturers Qcells, Solarge and First Solar have been leading the charge in the “low-carbon” module category. ...

June 26, 2023
eBOS Tigo Pure Signal
GoodWe to license Tigo rapid shutdown tech

Tigo Energy and solar inverter manufacturer GoodWe Technologies Co. have come to an agreement: GoodWe will license Tigo’s Module-Level...

June 26, 2023
Projects Altus Power solar
Altus Power to build 5 MW community solar project in...

Altus Power plans to develop Hawaii’s largest community solar project to date that will soon deliver clean electric power at a discoun...

June 26, 2023
Residential Solar solar-sales-funnel
Keys to seamless solar sales, fewer cancellations

Fifteen years ago, when I sold solar at the kitchen table, I had to convince people that solar power actually worked. That time is over. Peo...

June 26, 2023
Projects DSD Rutgers Solar Carports
DSD installs 14.5 MW in solar carports for Rutgers University

DSD Renewables has been selected by Rutgers University to install 16 solar carport canopies, totaling 14.5 MW, in parking lots across the un...

June 22, 2023
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Panasonic adds energy management device to EVERVOLT home battery system

Panasonic Corporation of North America announced a new generation of its EVERVOLT Home Battery System — a modular residential storage ...

June 22, 2023
Projects grades report card solar
IREC interconnection grades highlight need for reforms to support clean...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its Freeing the Grid interconnection grades, showing room for improvement in th...

June 21, 2023
Projects solar development
NWF report outlines best practices for solar development on public...

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has released a new report that provides guidelines for renewable energy development on public la...

June 21, 2023
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CEA reports ‘major safety issues’ in 97 percent of solar...

Melted connector image from our archives. Hot on the heels of HelioVolta’s report that over 60 percent of its solar PV system audits u...

June 21, 2023
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Savant Systems debuts energy storage system for homes, businesses

Smart home and energy leader Savant Systems –which recently acquired energy storage tech company POMCube — keeps the ESS news co...

June 21, 2023
Projects PV-Market-Guide-4x6-ratio-images-6
Symbiotic supply | Lightsource bp explains multi-year purchasing strategy

As supply chain uncertainty has hampered large-scale solar development in the United States, some companies are looking to secure project ma...

June 21, 2023
Projects Lehigh University Standard Solar
Standard Solar acquires Lehigh University solar project from EDF Renewables

Lehigh University will soon add a 2.61 MW solar project on its campus as part its strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. S...

June 20, 2023