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Want to avoid red tape with EV charger interconnection? Go off-grid
By Tom McCalmont, CEO and co-founder of Paired Power Credit: Nissan The recent $5 billion in funding promised by the Inflation Reduction…
Solar adoption is slowly shifting to less-affluent communities 2023 Trends in Solar
Namaste Solar Clean, local energy in the form of rooftop solar power is a powerful tool for fighting environmental injustice, but accessibility…
Clearway completes second solar + storage project on Kamehameha Schools land in O’ahu
By | January 12, 2023 Clearway Energy Group’s 36-MW solar farm with 144 MWh of battery storage on Kamehameha Schools’ lands in…
AGT starts construction on two solar carports for Raymond James in Florida
By | January 12, 2023 Florida solar EPC Advanced Green Technologies will soon break ground on two solar carports at the Raymond…
Entrepreneurs finally bring real sustainability to solar 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 12, 2023 Back in 2018, one industry source said it was premature to focus on solar panel recycling in…
JA Solar plans to open 2-GW solar panel factory in Phoenix
By | January 12, 2023 Chinese solar cell and module manufacturer JA Solar announced via the Arizona Commerce Authority that it intends…
Sitetracker announces residential solar Quickstart to speed adoption
By | January 12, 2023 Credit: Solar FlexRack Sitetracker announced its Quickstart implementation for residential solar companies. This process gets residential solar…
Union-built 310-MW solar + storage project comes online in California
By | January 11, 2023 Intersect Power started the commercial operation of its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, on…
Tenaska Names Chris Leitner to Succeed Jerry Crouse as CEO
Chris Leitner Tenaska has named Chris Leitner to lead the company as CEO. Jerry Crouse, who has served in that position since…
Mitrex Earns California Energy Commission Listing for Colored Solar Panels
Danial Hadizadeh Mitrex, a North American manufacturer of solar panels and integrated solar technology, has received a California Energy Commission’s (CEC) listing…
Intersect Reaches Commercial Operations Milestone for Athos III Solar Project
Sheldon Kimber Intersect Power LLC have started commercial operations for its Athos III solar project located in Riverside County, Calif. The Athos…
Rooftop solar will offset 20% of energy use for historic D.C. hotel
By | January 11, 2023 Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC has partnered with New Columbia Solar to bring renewable energy to its…
ENGIE Purchases Parker and Bouse Solar+Storage Projects from Revolve
Revolve Renewable Power Corp. has sold its 250 MW Parker Solar and Storage Project and the 1,000 MW Bouse Solar and Storage…
Renewables overtake coal and nuclear electrical output in 2022 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 11, 2023 Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are consistently outpacing the new deployment of fossil fuels and…
Qcells will manufacture every part of a silicon solar panel in the United States The company announced a new ingot, wafer, cell and panel factory today
By | January 11, 2023 Qcells has announced it plans to invest more than $2.5 billion to establish a complete solar supply…
States finally recognize unique capabilities of solar + storage systems in interconnection planning 2023 Trends in Solar
A Blue Planet Energy solar + storage installation. The solar + storage industry evolves rapidly as new technologies and capabilities come to…
Sunnova dealers now offering the SolarEdge Home Battery
By | January 11, 2023 SolarEdge Technologies and Sunnova Energy International announced the expansion of their long-standing partnership with the addition of…
Eagle Solar & Light installs 76-kW array for North Carolina tribal community
By | January 11, 2023 The Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA), in partnership with Eagle Solar & Light and Sunwealth, recently celebrated…
Seminole Closes Financing for 55 MW Rhode Island Solar Project
Der Name von Chris Diaz Seminole Financial Services, in partnership with Blackstone Credit, has just announced a $104 million loan to cover…
JinkoSolar Upgrades Tiger Neo Solar Panel Family
JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a solar module manufacturer, has unveiled its second-generation Tiger Neo panel family. The upgraded platform includes three series…
Sunnova Incorporates SolarEdge Home Battery into EaaS Portfolio
SolarEdge Technologies Inc. and Sunnova Energy International Inc. have expanded their long-standing partnership with the addition of the SolarEdge Home Battery to…
National Grid Renewables building South Dakota’s largest solar project
By | January 10, 2023 National Grid Renewables started on-site construction at its Wild Springs Solar Project in Pennington County, South Dakota….
Standard Solar Adds R.I. Community Project from Freepoint Solar
One of Standard Solar’s community solar projects in Minnesota Standard Solar is expanding its community solar portfolio in Rhode Island with the…
Leeward Secures Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar, Energy Storage Project
Chris Loehr Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has closed approximately $260 million in construction financing and secured tax equity commitments for its Chaparral…
Enfinity Acquires 400 MW Solar Portfolio from Capital Dynamics
Carlos Domenech Enfinity Global Inc. (EG) has completed the acquisition of a 400 MW operational utility-scale solar portfolio from Capital Dynamics, consisting…
Fronius Symo Advanced inverters now rapid-shutdown-compliant with PanelClaw, IronRidge mounting
By | January 10, 2023 Fronius Symo Advanced inverters, typically used in commercial settings, are now UL 3741 certified in conjunction with…
JinkoSolar unveils second generation of TOPCon Tiger Neo solar panels
By | January 10, 2023 JinkoSolar’s Tiger Neo line uses TOPCon technology JinkoSolar has unveiled the second generation of its Tiger Neo…
Solar software developers integrate with financiers 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 10, 2023 Solar design and sales software providers are increasingly integrating with financing services to streamline the PV project…
Downstream players adapt to irregular panel sizes entering all markets 2023 Trends in Solar
It’s not often that one looks at the early years of the solar industry with nostalgia, but it was at least a…
SolarReviews, SEI expand solar scholarship opportunities for Spanish speakers
By | January 10, 2023 SolarReviews and Solar Energy International (SEI) have renewed their scholarship partnership for 2023. In 2022, SolarReviews successfully…
Construction underway on 107-MW Ohio solar project
By | January 10, 2023 Construction has started on the 134-MWDC/107-MWAC Arche Solar project in Fulton County, Ohio. Arche is expected to…
Gamesa nearly triples solar inverter sales in 2022
By | January 9, 2023 Gamesa Electric had a record year in 2022 in its solar and storage inverter business, almost tripling…
Solar Landscape completes 6.5-MW New Jersey community solar project
By | January 9, 2023 Solar Landscape announced it has connected the first of its community solar projects to the grid in…
Single-axis trackers upgrade to handle uneven land sites 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 9, 2023 Many single-axis solar tracker manufacturers have developed new iterations of their rotating racking that can be installed…
Mightier microinverters can power four solar panels 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 9, 2023 New APsystems microinverters power four modules each. Solar microinverters may be the smallest of the power conversion…
With more compensation and incentive options, energy storage adoption is on the rise 2023 Trends in Solar
By | January 9, 2023 The U.S. energy storage industry has met many milestones in recent years, but 2023 should be a…
Solar and Storage Industry Reacts to New Greenhouse Gas Guidance from White House Council on Environmental Quality
The Solar and Storage industries have responded to the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s new guidance concerning greenhouse gas emissions. Friday,…
SunPower extends solar panel supply agreement with Maxeon through 2025
By | January 6, 2023 Residential installation company SunPower has signed a supply agreement with Maxeon to use the company’s solar panels…
It’s time to update your residential solar marketing in light of new grid issues
By Alex Bazhinov, Founder and President of Lumin Using and paying for electricity used to be simple; just find your nearest home…
The basic principles that guide PV system costs
By the 5th of January, 2023. In this final part of the Solar PV Installer Basics 101 series, we will be providing…
CPUC Voted: California’s Net Billing Tariff (NEM 3.0) is Now Final
By | January 5, 2023 On December 15, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted on and passed the Net Billing…
Solar United Neighbors launches group buy program for Minnesota’s largest electric co-op
By | January 5, 2023 Nonprofit Solar United Neighbors (SUN) announced a version of the organization’s popular group buy program that empowers…
Expanding Project Opportunities with Innovative Racking Solutions
By Kayla Harris, Marketing, DCE Solar Since the first installation of solar panels in 1884 on a roof-top in New York City,…
U.S. Solar and Storage Trade Group Expands Board Leadership to Navigate Clean Energy Future
Wednesday, Jan 22021 2023. Share. A statement has been released to the public. Today, SEIA, a national organization that speaks on behalf…
Alliant Energy, Iowa City Plan to Turn Brownfield into Solar Project
The City of Grinnell in Iowa is partnering with Alliant Energy on a solar project to be established on a Brownfield site…
SolarEdge Technologies Acquires Hark Systems for Energy Analytics
Zvi Lando SolarEdge Technologies Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Hark Systems Ltd. Founded…
SolarEdge acquires monitoring platform for global C&I customers
By | January 3, 2023 SolarEdge announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of…
100% renewable energy is now the default for members of one California CCA
By | January 3, 2023 MCE’s Deep Green 100% renewable energy has become the default electricity service in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa…
Solar Alliance Powers First Two Solar Projects in New York
Solar Alliance’s VC1 solar project in New York Solar Alliance Energy Inc. has completed the construction of the company’s first two solar…
Consumers Energy increases distributed generation limit from 2 to 4%
On December 22, 2022, Consumers Energy filed a settlement agreement with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) in its 2022 rate case….