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Chris Crowell
July 1, 2022
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REC Group’s solar panels earn Environmental Product Declarations
July 1, 2022
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Next generation of Trina Solar’s Vertex series modules with 210R wafer starts mass production
July 1, 2022
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CPS America opens new U.S. headquarters in Dallas
July 1, 2022
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Ground-Mount Buyer’s Guide 2022: Trackers, fixed tilt
July 1, 2022
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Case study: Minimizing weather-related risks for Vermont brewery’s solar carport

The challenge: SunCommon engaged Terrasmart to build two surface lot canopies for Alchemist Brewery, a craft brewing company catering to the...

July 1, 2022
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Navajo home swaps alkaline batteries for lead-acid as part of...

More than 15,000 residents live without grid-supplied electricity on the Navajo Nation, which spans 17.5 million acres across parts of Arizo...

June 30, 2022
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Delaware is offering free solar installations for low-income homeowners

Low- to moderate-income homeowners who qualify can get help with the cost of installing solar panels through a new two-year pilot program fr...

June 30, 2022
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Leeward closes financing for Rabbitbrush Solar Project, its first solar...

Leeward Renewable Energy closed $58.5 million in construction financing and secured tax equity commitments for its Rabbitbrush Solar Facilit...

June 30, 2022
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Self storage company adding solar PV to power 21 sites...

Pivot Energy announced a new partnership with Life Storage, a national self storage company, with a series of 21 solar projects located acro...

June 29, 2022
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DSD Renewables adds seven-project community solar portfolio in Minnesota

DSD Renewables acquired a seven-project, 11.3 MW community solar portfolio, spanning six cities in Minnesota — its first move into Min...

June 29, 2022
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Pine Gate Renewables nets $500M from Generate Capital to expand...

Generate Capital made a strategic growth investment in Pine Gate Renewables, a utility-scale solar and storage developer, that includes a $2...

June 29, 2022
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Tucson Electric Power community solar project engineered with Solar FlexRack...

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) worked with Solar FlexRack to engineer a community solar project in in Tucson, Arizona. The new array will suppl...

June 29, 2022
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CleanCapital acquires brownfield solar developer BQ Energy

CleanCapital acquired 100% of the ownership interests in BQ Energy (BQE), a renowned landfill and brownfield renewable energy developer, and...

June 29, 2022
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Selling battery attachments with solar PV systems beyond California

An erratic yet accelerating trend in utility valuation of residential and C&I battery storage for grid services is helping system provid...

June 29, 2022
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Native-led non-profit adds solar array, heat pump via Everybody Solar

Nibezun, a Native-led nonprofit that seeks to revitalize and preserve Wabanaki culture in Passadumkeag, Maine, added a new solar array and h...

June 28, 2022
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How Biden’s executive order on tariffs offers relief for each...

The anticircumvention investigation launched by the Department of Commerce in late March wreaked havoc on the solar industry. The uncertaint...

June 28, 2022
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Orlando apartments demonstrate new shared solar hardware solution SolShare

Multifamily buildings and rental communities can be tough candidates for solar in terms of a design and ROI that works for each stakeholder....

June 28, 2022
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How to run a financially healthy solar installation business

On this episode of Power Forward, we get a crash course in solar installer financial health. What are “healthy” installers doing...

June 28, 2022
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Greenskies completes two solar carport arrays at Connecticut schools

Connecticut commercial solar developer Greenskies Clean Focus completed two 129-kilowatt (kW) solar carport arrays for the Town of Madison, ...

June 27, 2022