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October 19, 2022
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Standard Solar acquires Rhode Island community solar portfolio from Trina Solar
October 19, 2022
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SimpliPhi discounts wall-mountable battery and emergency power kits in October
October 19, 2022
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SEIA warns of stringent building code changes proposed by FEMA
October 18, 2022
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Solar PPA prices soar again in Q3: Why? When will IRA impact the market?
October 18, 2022
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What’s holding up utility-scale energy storage development?

Why aren’t there more energy storage projects like this 4.99 MW/10 MWh front-of-the-meter BESS in Rumford, Maine, developed by Agilita...

October 18, 2022
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Modernize adds after-hours messaging for contractors in Connect

Homeowner calls do not always neatly occur within business hours. Home improvement platform Modernize Home Services puts the number of inqui...

October 17, 2022
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Schneider debuts solar-ready Square D Combination Service Entrance Device

Schneider Electric offered a sneak peak of the new Square D Combination Service Entrance Device (CSED) during the NECA 2022 Convention &...

October 17, 2022
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Dependable Group of Companies selects Solar FlexRack fixed tilt mounting...

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Dependable Group of Companies (DGC) installed a 48-MW solar project portfolio in Al...

October 17, 2022
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FirstEnergy Pennsylvania issues RFP for long-term solar PPAs

FirstEnergy Corp. is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to enter into long-term solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) on behalf of four F...

October 17, 2022
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Apprentices: What are they and how does the solar industry...

The Inflation Reduction Act ties the juicy 30 percent investment tax credit (ITC) and all of the potential adders for any solar and/or energ...

October 17, 2022
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Module supply boom or bust? Takeaways from CEA Q2 PV...

In its Q2 2022 PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program Report (SMIP), Clean Energy Associates (CEA) shows how dramatically the solar PV modu...

October 13, 2022
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Bucknell University unveils solar array, installed by Encore Renewable Energy

Bucknell University and Vermont’s Encore Renewable Energy debuted a 1.76 MW solar array this week that will support up to 7% of the un...

October 13, 2022
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Clēnera, Merit Controls team up to integrate more utility-scale energy...

Utility-scale solar and energy storage developer Clēnera formed a partnership with grid integration provider Merit Controls to, essenti...

October 13, 2022
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Aurora Solar hosting online solar education event in November

Aurora Solar is hosting Empower on Nov. 1-2, a free virtual event featuring keynotes from Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America as well as B...

October 13, 2022
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Colorado State University doubles solar sites on campus via Namaste,...

Colorado State University (CSU) has a goal of 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030, and this week the university says it got “20 ...

October 12, 2022
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Quinbrook, Primergy find investor for Gemini, largest solar + storage...

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and its portfolio company Primergy Solar sold a minority equity stake in its $1.2 billion Gemini Solar + S...

October 12, 2022
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SunPower and General Motors working on PV + EV home...

The home PV + EV revolution continues to gain steam and notable alliances. SunPower Corp. and General Motors are the latest solar + motor co...

October 12, 2022
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Community solar service provider Solstice Power Technologies acquired by MyPower

MyPower Corp., an affiliate of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., acquired community solar service provider Solstice Power Technologies...

October 12, 2022
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REC Group adds equipment for Alpha Pure-R heterojunction PV production

REC Group signed a major manufacturing equipment supply agreement with Maxwell Technologies, covering equipment for REC’s latest heter...

October 12, 2022