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December 5, 2022
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Commerce calls for new tariffs in AD/CVD circumvention decision but with notable exceptions
December 5, 2022
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Top 25 corporate solar energy buyers for 2022 led by Meta, Amazon, Apple
December 1, 2022
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Home Depot buys 100 MW of solar energy from National Grid Renewables
December 1, 2022
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How drastically California NEM 3.0 reduces solar energy export rates
December 1, 2022
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Raptor Maps, GreenPowerMonitor combine data, aerial analytics for new O&M...

PV analytics company Raptor Maps and renewable monitoring provider GreenPowerMonitor are integrating their data and software platforms to of...

November 30, 2022
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Inxeption, Final Mile Solar team on logistics, financing offer for...

Supply chain issues of all kinds affected the solar industry all year. Inxeption and Final Mile Solar are hoping to change that for solar in...

November 30, 2022
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VPPs are an emerging investment asset class

The fast pace of recent solar + storage-based virtual power plant (VPP) rollouts across the country is leading to the emergence of new asset...

November 30, 2022
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SMA, battery specialist Powin sign two-year deal for 2-GW of...

SMA America, the US subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA), and US battery specialist Powin signed a two-year framework agreement for t...

November 29, 2022
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Making the case for microinverters in C&I solar

APsystems’ new QT2 is an example of advanced microinverter aimed at C&I solar projects. Technology is changing the norms of commer...

November 29, 2022
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Moss debuts two-year solar Apprenticeship Program

Apprentices are a key component for earning the tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. This month, Moss Construction enrolled the first...

November 28, 2022
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LONGi breaks world record for silicon solar cell efficiency

Dr.Xu Xixiang, Vice President of LONGi Central R&D Institute and Li Zhenguo, Founder and President of LONGi accept the global media inte...

November 28, 2022
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What IRA incentives are solar homeowners most interested in?

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has all sorts of goodies for homeowners looking to be more energy efficient and/or electrified. And the ho...

November 28, 2022
News Hydrite new solar array at its Visala
Hydrite adds on-site solar array via Kuubix Construction Group

Hydrite’s new solar array at its Visalia, California facility reflects a company-wide focus on improving operational efficiency and re...

November 28, 2022
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SEIA: Clarity needed in these areas to best implement IRA

The Inflation Reduction Act is law, and now the real fun begins — implementing it. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) file...

November 17, 2022
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Tigo EI Residential Solution now HECO-approved

Tigo Energy‘s newly HECO-certified Tigo EI Residential Solar Solution is now available for the Hawaiian market. This includes a new 3....

November 17, 2022
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Greenbacker adds three New York community solar projects from ReneSola

Greenbacker Capital Management purchased three to-be-constructed community solar projects in New York from ReneSola Power Holdings. When com...

November 17, 2022
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240 solar companies call for rejection of anti-circumvention petition

With the Inflation Reduction Act celebrations over, the solar industry is back to focusing on the anti-circumvention trade case. The deadlin...

November 17, 2022
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SolaREIT closes solar lease deal with Massachusetts’ largest cranberry grower

SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund, has closed a lease purchase for more than 125 acres of land with 31.46 MW of solar. The deal,...

November 17, 2022
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U.S.-based solar cell manufacturing in the works via Enel North...

Enel’s 3Sun Gigafactory in Catania, Italy. The U.S. solar PV manufacturing announcements keep rolling in — and this time solar c...

November 17, 2022