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December 22, 2022
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Four key takeaways from the 2022 Projects of the Year
December 22, 2022
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Elk Hill Solar 1 marks second large-scale project in Pennsylvania by SEPTA and Lightsource bp
December 21, 2022
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Meta and Silicon Ranch collaborate on 7 new solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee
December 21, 2022
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Georgia PSC approves Georgia Power’s $100 interconnection fee for new solar customers
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
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Utility resource plans reveal impacts of IRA incentives in Midwest

The following report was submitted by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) w...

December 15, 2022
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How to stop solar plants from losing energy

Greenough River Solar Farm near Geraldton WA, staffed by Bruce Hankin, solar technician. Photo By Craig Sillitoe A maturing solar PV industr...

December 15, 2022
Projects Innovative Solar Systems ISS for sale
Utility-scale developer Innovative Solar Systems for sale at $150 million

Ashville, North Carolina-based Innovative Solar Systems LLC (ISS) is up for sale at a firm price of $150 million USD. ISS is a national...

December 14, 2022
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GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar shingle now available in New Jersey

GAF Energy continues to roll out its nailable solar roofing line, Timberline Solar, across the country. This week, Timberline is now availab...

December 14, 2022
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At your service: How SWTCH eases urban EV charging

The EV charging tech space for commercial and industrial applications is getting interesting (check out a ton of options here). And the inno...

December 14, 2022
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Charging into C&I: New tech and services ease the addition...

The recently-launched PairTree from Paired Power starts with squat, X-shaped sides so that workers can install all of the modules while stan...

December 14, 2022
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Microsoft, Nike and Common Energy partner to back Standard Solar...

Microsoft,, Nike and Common Energy have partnered on Standard Solar’s Skyward Community Solar project. Microsoft, Nike and Common Ener...

December 13, 2022
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Solar module supply issues cause 23 percent decline in solar...

We keep referencing the solar module supply issues because they continue to greatly impact the solar project pipeline — specifically d...

December 13, 2022
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Emporia Energy debuts Alpha-ESS Smart Home Battery System

Emporia Energy, a Colorado-based smart home energy management technology company, is introducing the Alpha-ESS Smart Home Battery System to ...

December 12, 2022
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Industrial Sun selects Erthos for Texas utility-scale solar project

Industrial Sun LLC is giving the Erthos solar mounting system a shot for a new utility-scale solar project in Texas. Although the exact size...

December 12, 2022