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April 11, 2023
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Projects Greenskies Brownstone rooftop
Greenskies installs 67 kW rooftop solar at Brownstone Intermediate School in CT
April 10, 2023
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Tesla’s Solar Roof is way off initial install goals, according to Wood Mackenzie report
April 10, 2023
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SMA surpasses 20 GW of large-scale solar product installed in North America
April 10, 2023
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CPUC dismisses Sunnova’s micro utility application
April 10, 2023
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Summit Ridge Energy secures 1.2 GW of Qcells modules for...

Commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) signed a module supply agreement with Qcells last week that was announced with much more ...

April 10, 2023
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Convenience store turns refrigeration into ‘energy storage’ via Maplewell Energy

Energy management solutions provider Maplewell Energy successfully piloted a project using refrigerators for “energy storage” at...

April 10, 2023
Projects Dimmitt Chevrolet rooftop solar ESA
Florida-based Dimmitt Chevrolet activates 730 kW rooftop solar project with...

Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Florida, has unveiled a new rooftop solar array, installed in partnership with ESA. The solar panels will p...

April 5, 2023
Projects Tate DSD Renewables Maryland
Tate Inc. installs 561.12 kW of rooftop solar at Maryland...

Tate Inc. and DSD Renewables have completed the installation of a 561.12 kW solar rooftop system at Tate’s facility in Jessup, Marylan...

April 5, 2023
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Overview of the dual-axis solar tracker market

Stracker Solar elevated dual-axis trackers at a TC Chevy dealership in Ashland, Ore. A great example of boosting solar project ROI at a spac...

April 5, 2023
Projects CVE community solar
CS Energy, CVE break ground on 22 MW portfolio of...

CS Energy and CVE North America have broken ground on a 22 MW portfolio of four community solar projects in western New York. CVE developed ...

April 4, 2023
Projects EDF Renewables
EDF Renewables signs agreement with Indiana Michigan Power for solar...

EDF Renewables North America has secured two agreements with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power ...

April 4, 2023
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Built Robotics promotes autonomous solar piling system

The construction autonomy innovators at Built Robotics, have unveiled the RPD 35, billing it as the world’s first fully autonomous sol...

April 3, 2023
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Huasun reports HJT module power record of 723+ Watts

From 710 W in June 2022, to 715 W in January 2023, and to a record setting 723.97 W just reported, Huasun keeps topping itself. Recently, ce...

April 3, 2023
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Guardian adds personal data tech to fall protection harnesses

Global height safety specialist Guardian announced a partnership with Twiceme Technology, to add a robust worker safety system to the new Gu...

April 3, 2023
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Enteligent adds panel-level optimization to rapid shutdown device

The field of inverter-agnostic rapid shutdown devices that also offer panel-level optimization is small. The latest entrant in this category...

April 3, 2023
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Wärtsilä completes UL 9540A testing of GridSolv Quantum ESS

Technology group Wärtsilä achieved an important energy storage system (ESS) safety milestone last week. Its GridSolv Quantum techn...

April 3, 2023
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Briggs & Stratton readies big push of SimpliPHI ESS for...

At the 2023 NABCEP CE Conference, we chatted with Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions about its growing portfolio of energy storage syste...

April 3, 2023
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Video: The case for elevated dual-axis solar trackers with Stracker...

Rooftop solar doesn’t work for all customers, and conventional ground-mount and carport solar structures don’t fit all sites and...

April 3, 2023
Projects iSun
iSun wins $10 million in solar projects in New England

iSun Inc. has recently secured seven contracts valued at $10 million for solar projects in Maine and Vermont, totaling more than 12 MW. The ...

March 30, 2023