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NY water treatment solar plant Bifacial module + solar tracker project installed for Monroe County Water Authority in New York
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August 11, 2022
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Solar Landscape debuts first of 46 community solar projects coming in year two of N.J. pilot program
August 11, 2022
News Maine
TurningPoint Energy, Nautilus complete Maine community solar portfolio
August 11, 2022
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Ford agrees to largest U.S. solar energy purchase from a utility
August 10, 2022
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Renewable Properties has a 70-MW New York community solar portfolio in the works
August 10, 2022
News Standard-solar-roof-restoration
Standard Solar adds roof restoration, parking lot paving to New...

A New Jersey school that serves the needs of special education students has completed an infrastructure project that included a roof restora...

August 10, 2022
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BayWa r.e. named EPC for AES Corp’s Waikoloa Solar +...

Global renewable energy company BayWa r.e. will construct the Waikoloa Solar + Storage Project, an integrated solar PV and battery energy st...

August 9, 2022
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FranklinWH Home Power system added to Mosaic, Goodleap approved vendor...

Mosaic and GoodLeap add FranklinWH to their approved battery vendor lists FranklinWH, a battery manufacturer that can back up whole homes, w...

August 9, 2022
News PWRcell replacement
Generac debuts AC coupling option for PWRcell solar, batteries, generators

Generac Power Systems announced a firmware update to its PWRcell products that enables ac-coupled battery storage, as well as ac generator i...

August 9, 2022
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Energy Storage System Buyer’s Guide 2022

Energy storage systems (ESS) are increasingly being paired with solar PV arrays to optimize use of the generated energy. ESS, in turn, is ge...

August 8, 2022
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FlexGen debuts FlexPod energy storage system for C&I applications

Imagine this but much smaller. FlexGen Power Systems is scaling down its large-scale energy storage solution a bit for the new FlexPod line ...

August 8, 2022
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Oregon EV dealer adding five dual-axis solar trackers via Stracker...

Photo credit: Chase Cordaway TC Chevy, an electric vehicle dealer in Southern Oregon, is going solar via Stracker Solar, which specializes i...

August 8, 2022
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dcbel Chorus certified to the Common Smart Inverter Profile standard

dcbel’s cloud IoT management platform Chorus was certified to the Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP)/IEEE 2030.5 standard on June 21...

August 8, 2022
News solar customer acquisition
Colossus launches solar leads marketplace

Quality solar leads can be tough to obtain, which is one reason customer acquisition costs for solar installers are consistently high. Colos...

August 8, 2022
Financing home solar financing
Rocket Solar is now offering solar financing via Rocket Loans

Launched earlier this year, Rocket Solar provides consulting, system design, financing, installation and ongoing service to homeowners acros...

August 8, 2022
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AlsoEnergy ranked No. 1 in Solar and Storage Monitoring and...

AlsoEnergy, a Stem company, was ranked #1 in Guidehouse Insights’ Solar and Storage Monitoring and Control Vendors report. AlsoEnergy&...

August 8, 2022
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Boviet Solar extends power warranty on Vega Series PV modules...

Boviet Solar is increasing the power warranty of its Vega Series Mono-Bifacial, Transparent Back PV Module to 30 years. Here’s how tha...

August 8, 2022
News FTC Solar and AUI Partners
FTC Solar, AUI Partners team on solar tracking services for...

Solar tracking provider FTC Solar is collaborating with solar contracting company AUI Partners on a new offering that promises faster delive...

August 8, 2022
News Megger-ohmmeter
Megger debuts new low resistance ohmmeter with ‘noise rejection mode’

Megger added to its family of digital low resistance ohmmeters to include the DLRO2X. This enhanced version of the DLRO2 features data stora...

August 8, 2022
News First Solar
Intersect Power is one of the largest First Solar module...

Intersect Power has signed a purchase agreement with First Solar for 2.4 GWdc of its thin-film PV solar modules to be delivered from 2024 to...

August 8, 2022