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Chris Crowell
July 21, 2022
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Grow Your Solar & Storage Business in 2022 and Beyond
July 20, 2022
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New Mexico’s community solar program ‘potentially stalled for years to come’
July 20, 2022
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Solar PV atop two New Jersey schools offsets nearly all of their electricity needs
July 20, 2022
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BayWa r.e. expands executive team post-Beacon Solar acquisition
July 20, 2022
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Solential Energy largest solar project for rural electric cooperative in...

Hendricks Power Cooperative and Solential Energy plan to build a 7 MWac solar array in Hendricks County, Ind. The C&B Graham Solar Energ...

July 20, 2022
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New Jersey Mt. Arlington Landfill solar project in commercial operation,...

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC’s Mt. Arlington Landfill solar project entered commercial operation at a June 17 ribbon cutti...

July 20, 2022
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Energy storage tech provider FlexGen closes $100M funding round

Energy storage tech provider FlexGen Power Systems closed a $100 million Series C Investment round anchored by Vitol, in partnership with ex...

July 20, 2022
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Case study | Arch Solar maximizes solar ROI atop a...

In 2010, the municipality of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin made a commitment to cut emissions in half by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. ...

July 20, 2022
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Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority signs PPA for solar +...

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) entered into a power purchase agreement with Convergent Energy + Power for a 100 MW solar g...

July 20, 2022
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Community solar is a path to the future if policymakers...

Community solar can often win bipartisan hearts and minds in a way that more traditional PV project development does not. The key is clearly...

July 20, 2022
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Tigo seeks to eliminate PLC crosstalk in C&I rapid shutdown...

Disturbances in powerline communication (PLC) signals, often referred to as ‘crosstalk,’ can result in reduced effectiveness of ...

July 19, 2022
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Aurora Solar looks to improve customer leads, project proposals with...

Aurora Solar has added artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that bolster every aspect of the solar sales, marketing and design process for...

July 19, 2022
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Centrica, AutoGrid, Generac top VPP platform providers in Guidehouse Insights...

Energy markets are evolving toward a greater reliance on distributed energy resources (DER) that generate, consume, or store electricity cre...

July 18, 2022
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Solar PPA prices up 8 percent in second quarter: Will...

North American renewable energy buyers saw P25 solar and wind power purchase agreement prices rise another 5.3% to $41.92 per MWh in the sec...

July 18, 2022
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Urgent requests to curtail electricity usage in Texas is a...

Last week Texans got a taste of what is likely to become a common occurrence this summer – urgent requests to curtail electricity usag...

July 18, 2022
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Rail-based rooftop solar wire management: Avoid the open channel, says...

Lots of structural components influence the long-term stability of a rooftop solar racking system. On this episode of The Pitch, we zoom in ...

July 18, 2022
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BSLBATT debuts 20-kWh residential battery system

BSLBATT, a global manufacturer and supplier of lithium-ion energy storage solutions, is debuting a new residential energy storage ...

July 18, 2022
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Biden Administration announces $56M in solar funding via DOE as...

As the Democrats’ climate change spending bill dies another death, the Biden Administration announced new solar manufacturing funding ...

July 15, 2022
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Mississippi net metering program includes extra compensation for low-income customers

The Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to adopt its updated Net Metering and Interconnection Rules this week. The new rules e...

July 13, 2022