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UNC Asheville solar project Renu Energy installs solar array at UNC Asheville
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July 27, 2022
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Skyhawk Solar construction begins, will eventually supply Google data centers in Southeast
July 27, 2022
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How advances in ESS software create new revenue opportunities for solar + storage
July 27, 2022
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IREC: Solar industry jobs more than doubled in the last decade, up 9 percent in 2021
July 26, 2022
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Universal Solar to build solar module manufacturing facility in Panama
July 26, 2022
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GAF Energy to increase Timberline Solar roofing capacity 500 percent...

GAF Energy is building a new 450,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Texas, to produce its Timberline Solar roof. The new facili...

July 25, 2022
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Cypress Creek Renewables adds 400 MW of energy storage in...

Cypress Creek Renewables has added 400MW/600MWh to its storage portfolio after acquiring four Texas standalone energy storage proj...

July 25, 2022
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SEDC Solar sourcing CadTel solar modules domestically from Toledo Solar

Progressive Washington, D.C.-based solar developer SEDC Solar placed an order for U.S.-based Toledo Solar‘s Cadmium Telluride solar pa...

July 25, 2022
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Sungage Financial raises solar financing cap to $200,000 to support...

To help installers meet the growing demand for more complex solar and storage systems, Sungage Financial can now provide residential solar f...

July 25, 2022
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Enzinc closer to commercializing zinc battery following $4.5 million seed...

Zinc battery contenders continue to near wide spread commercialization. Enzinc, which is developing high-powered zinc batteries for mobility...

July 25, 2022
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CleanCapital expands into Guam with single largest asset acquisition to...

CleanCapital acquired a 36.6 MW solar facility in Inalåhan, Guam, from GlidePath Power Solutions LLC. The transaction also includes ri...

July 25, 2022
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Mosaic surpasses $8 billion in U.S. home solar loans

Home solar and energy efficiency is continuing to hit new heights, according to U.S. residential solar lending company Mosaic. The company s...

July 25, 2022
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Polar Racking adds a single-axis tracker via Axsus Solar acquisition

Polar Racking announced the acquisition of Axsus Solar, the solar division at Magna Closures Inc. last week. With the acquisition of Axsus S...

July 25, 2022
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Asheville affordable housing groups team with Pisgah Energy, Eagle Solar...

Solar projects on multifamily buildings are always tricky. Affordable housing projects are doubly tricky, and require groups like Asheville,...

July 21, 2022
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Pivot Energy starts construction on 10 community solar projects in...

One of these projects includes a 2.8-MW system in Kankakee, Ill. (shown above). Pivot Energy has started construction on 10 new community so...

July 21, 2022
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Minnesota-based solar installer debuts solar panel recycling service

All Energy Solar – Full-Service Solar Solution Provider Solar panels are guaranteed to generate energy for 25 to 30 years, and systems...

July 21, 2022
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Thu, Aug 11, 2022 2 p.m. EDT | Register here Ride the solar industry’s next big wave to success! The renewable energy market is set to...

July 20, 2022
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New Mexico’s community solar program ‘potentially stalled for years to...

Just after publishing this piece on the value of community solar and the role policymakers have in realizing that value, we received word th...

July 20, 2022
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Solar PV atop two New Jersey schools offsets nearly all...

Greenskies Clean Focus and its partner Eznergy Solar Energy Solutions, a New Jersey-based solar developer and EPC, have completed a 490-kW s...

July 20, 2022
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BayWa r.e. expands executive team post-Beacon Solar acquisition

BayWa r.e. is expanding its executive team following the acquisition of Beacon Solar, the former solar distribution division of roofing dist...

July 20, 2022