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US Solar Buyers Consortium forms, seeks $6 billion of domestic solar panel supply
June 21, 2022
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Companies of all kinds are expanding into residential solar — here are seven examples
June 21, 2022
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New York awards three utility-scale solar projects to CS Energy
June 21, 2022
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Commercial solar project for Chicago Urban League is largest in the city, includes two carports
June 21, 2022
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SunModo names new chief executive officer

Solar mounting solutions provider SunModo Corp. appointed Steve Mumma as its Chief Executive Officer. Steve previously held the position of ...

June 20, 2022
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Perovskite PV outlook promising at this stage says IDTechEx

Applications enabled by perovskite PV explored in the new IDTechEx report “Perovskite Photovoltaics 2023-2033”. Source: IDTechEx...

June 20, 2022
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Magnachip Semiconductor improves density, switch speeds of 650V insulated-gate bipolar...

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. unveiled a new 650V insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) for solar inverters that has a number of advancem...

June 20, 2022
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Capitalize on ‘solar high season’ this summer with AI-powered proposals

Some problems are good to have. Such is the case with selling solar once Memorial Day rolls around — homeowners emerge from a long win...

June 20, 2022
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Gripple adds above ground cabling system to solar product line

Gripple continues to products to serve the solar industry. The UK manufacturer launched into solar with stabilizing systems, and this week, ...

June 20, 2022
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Borrego, Nexamp start Winthrop Solar Farm construction, project supports Maine...

Construction has begun on a solar farm that will deliver electricity to the Central Maine Power (CMP) grid and energy savings to MaineHealth...

June 16, 2022
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Cal Solar launches EPC services division

Cal Solar Inc. has announced a formal launch of its Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) division to serve solar and energy deve...

June 16, 2022
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Sunnova teams with Maryland’s Montgomery County Green Bank on LMI...

Sunnova Energy International and Montgomery County Green Bank (MCGB) are partnering on an offer to help low-to-moderate income (LMI) househo...

June 16, 2022
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Connecticut YMCA adds rooftop solar via Greenskies, Titan Energy

The YMCA of Greater Hartford has partnered with Greenskies Clean Focus, Connecticut’s top commercial solar developer, Titan Energy, an...

June 16, 2022
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Power plays: Does Hawaii show the way forward in the...

Net metering has recently taken state legislatures and media headlines by storm — and for good reason. The average American homeowner ...

June 16, 2022
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Google and SVCE devise a carbon-free energy plan

Renewable energy accounting by commercial and governmental entities has followed global guidelines based on annual generation and usage. His...

June 15, 2022
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Russelectric created Switchgear Simulators to train renewable energy, microgrid personnel

Russelectric, a Siemens Business, is debuting Switchgear Simulators to train renewable energy and microgrid personnel on automatic and manua...

June 15, 2022
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Barrio Eléctrico partners with Electriq Power to install more solar...

Puerto Rico suffers from frequent, widespread outages and catastrophic post-storm outages that impact the nearly 1.5 million homes that the ...

June 15, 2022
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Longroad Energy seeks more DG solar, invests in Valta Energy

Longroad Energy announced a strategic investment in Valta Energy, a Dana Point, CA-based developer, owner, and operator of distributed gener...

June 15, 2022
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Alliant Energy ready to construct 414-MW of new solar projects

Construction moving forward on six solar projects totaling 414 megawatts (MW) after Wisconsin regulators gave final approval to Alliant Ener...

June 15, 2022