DOE awards Interplay Learning $1.25 million cooperative award for solar...
Interplay Learning is honored to announce that U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative has awarded it a $1.25 million cooperative award. The award will drive the development of Interplay...
View ArticleInterplay Learning awarded Central Texas Angel Network $1 million investment
Interplay Learning, an Austin, TX based training technology company, today announced a $1 million investment led by Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) with participation from Tech Coast Angels – San...
View ArticleNew adhesive solar module makes case to eliminate racking
The best way to bring down the installed cost of a solar system is to reduce both the balance of system and labor. A new module attacks both areas with an adhesive, non-penetrating, non-racking system...
View ArticleDoor-to-door solar sales is back—but why?
By Kendall Hope Tucker, founder and CEO, Polis An article about SolarCity and Vivint Solar featured in the Wall Street Journal last week surprised a lot of readers. Faced with innovative competition...
View ArticleWhat happens when an east-west solar array isn’t perfectly east-west?
By Paul Grana, co-founder, Folsom Labs East-west arrays are an increasingly popular configuration in the commercial solar market. With low module prices, it makes sense to trade a slight decrease in...
View ArticleMarine Group Boat Works chooses Baker Electric Solar to support its net-zero...
Baker Electric Solar, a full-service solar provider has designed and installed a 482.98 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar system for Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW), a West Coast family-owned boat building...
View ArticlePrimus Wind Power selects Trojan to power hybrid wind/solar turbine equipment
The OverDrive AGM 31 deep-cycle battery from Trojan Battery Co., LLC has been selected by Primus Wind Power as its “battery of choice” for the company’s line of AIR wind and hybrid wind/solar turbine...
View ArticleGRID Alternatives supports Xcel Energy settlement agreement to expand...
GRID Alternatives Colorado, an affiliate of the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, today announced its support for a comprehensive utility settlement being considered by the Colorado Public...
View ArticleThe Ryan Company to build three community solar projects in Massachusetts
Syncarpha Capital has selected The Ryan Company to build three community solar PV facilities in Massachusetts, that will be located on a portion of the land owned by Hancock Shaker Village, a nonprofit...
View ArticleREC multicrystalline solar panels reach 20.21% efficiency
REC, a leading fully integrated European brand of solar panels, announces that the company has developed a formula and process to mass produce multicrystalline solar cells with efficiencies above 20%....
View ArticleGEM Energy begins construction on a 2-MW array at Ohio university
Construction is beginning on a 2-MW solar array that will supply about 10% of Ohio Northern University’s annual electricity needs. Under a 25-year power purchase agreement, ONU will purchase...
View Article1.9-MW community solar project tapped for Texas electric cooperative
SoCore Energy announced construction has commenced on a 1.9-MW ground-mounted solar project in Leakey, Texas, for Bandera Electric Cooperative (BEC). SoCore worked to develop this project for BEC,...
View ArticleSunverge announces new demand charge management features
Sunverge Energy, a leading provider of intelligent energy storage systems for residences and small businesses, today announced the addition of money-saving demand charge management features to its...
View ArticleWhat are the advantages of microinverters going into 2017?
Microinverters are driving sales in the MLPE segment to year-over-year highs. These powerful little boxes are the hot technology for both residential and commercial solar. Their popularity starts with...
View ArticleWhat are the advantages of a DC-coupled solar storage system?
Batteries can only store energy in its direct current (DC) form so the very essences of energy storage is DC. The reason that DC lends itself to being storable is because it has a unidirectional flow....
View ArticleHelioPower installs Sharp’s SmartStorage system at Blisterpak Southern...
HelioPower, Inc., a leading energy solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it has installed Sharp’s SmartStorage behind-the-meter energy storage solution at the Southern California...
View ArticleTitan SmartStorage incorporates Aquion’s saltwater-based batteries
Aquion Energy, Inc., manufacturer of Aspen saltwater batteries and energy storage systems, and Fusion Power Systems, a leading Australian power and energy systems integrator, have announced Titan...
View ArticleS&C Electric Company selected as an Energy Storage NA 2016 Innovation Award...
S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of power delivery, announced today that the Minster Solar + Storage Project has been recognized as the Energy Storage North America 2016...
View ArticleKACO New Energy to support Britestreet Energy’s rapidly expanding residential...
KACO new energy, one of the fastest growing solar companies in the North American utility-scale market, today announced that it has entered a sales agreement with BriteStreet Energy Group, a national...
View ArticleSwell Energy to install 5-MW energy storage network for SCE
Swell Energy, a residential energy storage developer and aggregator, was founded on the belief that homeowners will play a central role in enabling a clean energy future. Now, this idea has received a...
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