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January 10, 2023
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FranklinWH ESS approved for fast-tracked permitting in Honolulu
January 10, 2023
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Google Nest, General Motors headline RMI’s Virtual Power Plant Partnership
January 10, 2023
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New year, new utility rates: How solar PPAs protect businesses from inflation
January 10, 2023
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Fronius Symo Advanced inverters now UL 3741 certified with PanelClaw, IronRidge
January 9, 2023
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SolarReviews renews SEI partnership to support U.S.-based Spanish speakers in...

SolarReviews and Solar Energy International (SEI) renewed their awesome partnership for 2023. In 2022, SolarReviews successfully funded the ...

January 9, 2023
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Trina Solar starts 2023 with production of i-TOPCon cells for...

Trina Solar’s 210mm n-type i-TOPCon cells roll off production line P-type PERC solar cells are nearing their efficiency limits, which ...

January 9, 2023
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OpenSolar donating 1 percent of annual revenue to power vulnerable...

Solar PV design and sales software company OpenSolar is doing something pretty cool: Donating 1 percent of its annual revenue to bring solar...

January 9, 2023
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Federal solar tax credits explained for your business

The following piece was submitted by Robert L. Rojas, CPA, M.S. – Taxation, CExP, and J. Michael Pusey, CPA, Rojas & Associates. A...

January 9, 2023
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Home solar inspection company seeks franchisees in California, Arizona, Nevada

Residential solar inspection company, the Solar Detective, is now offering franchising opportunities in California, Arizona, and Nevada regi...

January 6, 2023
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SunPower secures Maxeon 6 solar panel supply through 2025

Not sure there was any doubt in this case, but it never hurts to secure solar module supply these days: SunPower Corp. extended its supply r...

January 6, 2023
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Schneider wraps solar inverter, battery into Home energy management system

Schneider Home is a simple, smart and sustainable home energy management system At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Schneid...

January 6, 2023
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CleanCapital stakes claim on brownfield solar, emerging PV markets with...

Dandan Solar project in Guam. Over the last year, renewable energy investment firm CleanCapital has expanded its solar portfolio and capabil...

January 4, 2023
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Increased solar panel row spacing can improve site economics

We’ve written a lot about “energy density” over the years, and strategies for packing more panels into constrained areas a...

January 3, 2023
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Cleveland debuts low-income home solar install program

Cleveland’s first low- to moderate-income (LMI) solar program is underway and has high hopes for 2023. Solar installations are funded ...

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