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Sol Systems, a national solar energy finance and development firm, announced a groundbreaking initiative with Microsoft, Corp. that creates ...

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Five hundred and forty-six microgrids were installed in the United States during 2019, more than any previous year, according to new researc...

July 22, 2020
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This week, construction began on the first-of-its kind electrical microgrid that will completely power the Pittsburgh International Airport ...

July 22, 2020
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NIPSCO, a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., announced the next phase of its plans to transition to lower-cost, cleaner energy resources, with the...

July 22, 2020
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Just as the larger economy has started adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, solar installers too are adjusting to doing business in the new no...

July 21, 2020
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Citadel Roofing & Solar is growing both its service territory and service offering, having opened an office in Fresno, Calif., to meet t...

July 21, 2020
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PVEL expands inverter testing capabilities with new Inverter Test Center

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the leading independent test lab for the global downstream solar industry, is blowing out its inverter product qua...

July 21, 2020
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Check out this solar panel camouflage concept from GDI LLC

GDI LLC’s patented Solar-Image process can transform basic panels into a solid color, a full-color pattern, or a panoramic photo, all ...

July 21, 2020
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Though there are many specific definitions of a microgrid, at its core a microgrid means the ability of a distributed energy resource, typic...

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Finnish technology company ICS has developed a technology platform and a film solution they say provides a 5 to 10 percent increase in energ...

July 20, 2020
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Wunder Capital announced it has partnered with funds managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Infrastructure and Power strategy ,...

July 20, 2020
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Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec is an advocate of the two-in-portrait strategy (covered a bunch here), and it’s doubling down o...

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Clean energy jobs at solar installers and other companies were expected to be some of the fastest-growing occupations over the next decade, ...

July 20, 2020
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Loanpal Direct Pay Program now available through Soligent

  Solar equipment distributor Soligent partnered with Loanpal, the fastest-growing solar lender in the nation, to offer Loanp...

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Several representatives of upper, middle and lower streams of the industrial value chain of the 600W+ Photovoltaic Open Innovation Ecologica...

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Xcape is the newest microgrid technology created by EnTech Solutions, a company committed to providing a sustainable energy future for its c...

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