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sunpower logo SunPower secures Maxeon 6 solar panel supply through 2025
Chris Crowell
January 6, 2023
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Schneider wraps solar inverter, battery into Home energy management system
January 6, 2023
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CleanCapital stakes claim on brownfield solar, emerging PV markets with 2022 acquisitions
January 4, 2023
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Increased solar panel row spacing can improve site economics
January 3, 2023
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Cleveland debuts low-income home solar install program
December 27, 2022
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Will California NEM 3.0 boost home energy storage installations?

Utilities were big winners in the California solar + storage market in mid-December, convincing the California Public Utilities Commission (...

December 27, 2022
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Energy storage installations top record in third quarter despite rising...

The U.S. energy storage market continues to grow, seemingly impervious to rising costs and supply chain challenges. The U.S. Energy Storage ...

December 22, 2022
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Swell Energy teams with SMUD on virtual power plant program

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is partnering with Swell Energy to be the aggregator for a new residential customer-driven virt...

December 22, 2022
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Check out the 2023 Intersolar North America, Energy Storage North...

The holidays will be over before you know it, and then it is on to Intersolar season. Intersolar North America (ISNA) and Energy Storage Nor...

December 22, 2022
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PG&E starts installing home batteries for customers with frequent outages

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is piloting a home battery energy storage program to support the vulnerable customers in its ser...

December 22, 2022
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RP Construction Services is opening a Florida office

RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS) is opening a new office in Tampa, Florida. This new office will be a hub for the company’s busine...

December 22, 2022
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Four key takeaways from the 2022 Projects of the Year

We already wrote glowingly about each our Project of the Year Award winners, but as we end 2022, I wanted to highlight a few key takeaways t...

December 22, 2022
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Elk Hill Solar 1 marks second large-scale project in Pennsylvania...

A 25 MW solar project that is helping advance energy and sustainability priorities for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authorit...

December 21, 2022
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Meta and Silicon Ranch collaborate on 7 new solar projects...

Meta Platforms Inc. announced seven new solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee totaling 720 MWac to support its regional operations with 10...

December 21, 2022
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Georgia PSC approves Georgia Power’s $100 interconnection fee for new...

The hits against rooftop solar keep coming. Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted on a final order in the Georgia Power Company (GPC...

December 20, 2022
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TÜV Rheinland, CFV Labs team up to serve North American...

TÜV Rheinland and CFV Solar Test Laboratory signed an exclusive partnership agreement to provide solar PV components and power plant te...

December 19, 2022
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Canadian Solar to start TOPCon solar module production in 2023

Solar module manufacturers are moving away from mono PERC solar technology and toward tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) and heterojun...

December 19, 2022
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Can U.S. energy storage bank on sustainability?

This article originally appeared in the Q4 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Two notable U.S. battery manufacturing announcements have been m...

December 19, 2022
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Tigo Energy acquires data analytics company FSIGHT

Tigo Pure Signal Tigo Energy announced the acquisition of FSIGHT, an energy data analytics software company based in Hod HaSharon, Israel. W...

December 15, 2022
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U.S. solar wafer manufacturing coming online via CubicPV

The United States has a pretty good amount of domestic solar module manufacturers. What the U.S. lacks is the on-shore supply of the compone...

December 15, 2022