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News

PV design automation software SunDAT from FTC Solar is adding PanelClaw racking to its component library and new electrical design...

Pika Energy is cutting prices on its smart battery products

Batteries

Pika Energy, maker of the Pika Energy Island smart solar-plus-storage platform, announced a price cut of $1,000 for its Coral smart battery,...

Duke Energy received four times its bid target for its...

News

Duke Energy opened up the the Competitive Procurement for Renewable Energy (CPRE) as part of the Competitive Energy Solutions Law for North ...

The value proposition of energy storage without solar

+ Storage

It’s no surprise that within the solar community energy storage is most often discussed in the context of solar+storage. But what abou...

SEIA joins in Day of Understanding as part of its...

News

The Solar Energy Industries Association is one of more than 150 organizations participating in the “Day of Understanding” hosted...

Xcel Energy shows its path to 100 percent renewable generation...

News

Xcel Energy is officially all-in on renewable generation, laying out a plan to deliver 100 percent carbon-free electricity to customers by 2...

Eighty percent of the largest solar project in California is...

News

Developer 8minutenergy Renewables and private asset management firm Capital Dynamics kicked off commercial operation of the 328 MWdc Mount S...

Solar + storage inverter selection: inverter stacking vs. high voltage...

Inverters and eBOS

commerial solar storage simpliphi project

Scaling an energy storage system requires stacking both energy (batteries) and power (inverters). Batteries that were designed to be modular...

Energy Service Experts relocates HQ to Houston, Spruce Financial gets...

News

Energy Service Experts (ESE), a residential energy servicing solution provider for the solar and energy efficiency sectors, has completed th...

Here’s a smart solar installation program for affordable housing you...

News

We’ve been posting a lot of news focused on low-income solar programs lately, not just because we think this is an important area for ...

DC Sustainable Energy Utility issues two huge ‘Solar for All’...

Financing

On Tuesday, the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) issued two requests for proposal (RFPs) worth up to $9.6 million seeking contractors a...

A ton of solar companies are set to blitz Capitol...

News

Led by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), today nearly 70 solar companies are visiting the offices of more than 100 members of ...

Know your battery specs: Nameplate capacity (10 kWh) vs. Usable...

+ Storage

A common misconception is that lead acid batteries cost less than lithium-iron phosphate batteries. However, what most fail to consider is t...