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Vivint Solar reaches milestone of 100,000 residential customers
Vivint Solar, a full-service residential solar provider founded in 2011, announced it has surpassed more than 100,000 solar energy systems installed for residential solar customers. This significant...
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3 million in U.S. now work in clean energy sector
National business groups representing the range and breadth of clean energy companies in the United States cheered government statistics showing their industries support more than 3 million American...
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California wants to get all its electricity from renewables by 2045
California, ever the progressive state, has introduced a new Senate bill to increase its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 100% by 2045. Sen. Kevin de Leon (D) introduced SB 584 last week. At the...
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Swinerton selects SunLink ground-mounts for 165-MW solar portfolio for Dept....
SunLink Corporation was selected by Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE) to supply its GeoPro fixed tilt solution in connection with a 165-MW portfolio of solar ground-mount projects located in the...
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Affordable Solar contracted for Facebook Data Center solar project
Affordable Solar, a solar power solution provider in New Mexico, announced the company has been selected to build a 30-MW photovoltaic project for the Facebook Data Center in Los Lunas, New Mexico. PNM...
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$130 million commitment from Route 66 Ventures provides Sunlight Financial...
Sunlight Financial, a leading provider of loans for residential solar systems, announced a new partnership with Route 66 Ventures, a private investment firm that makes credit and equity investments in...
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AES Distributed Energy commissions largest solar project to date in Georgia
AES Distributed Energy (AES DE), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (AES), announced the commissioning of its largest solar project to-date. The Rincon solar array is a 16-MW solar project owned and...
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200-MW solar tracking project finished in sandy California desert
Array Technologies recently celebrated the commencement of commercial operation at the Garland Solar Facility in Kern County, California. ATI’s solar trackers were selected for the 200-MW solar plant...
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Georgetown, Texas takes public buildings solar
Georgetown, Texas is taking its public buildings solar, beginning with its Westside Service Center. The center houses the offices for utility employees who service Georgetown utility systems Western...
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LERRI Solar listed as Tier 1 supplier by BNEF
LERRI Solar, a monocrystalline solar module manufacturer headquartered in Xi’an, China, has been named a Tier One supplier by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF’s classification is based on...
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Pacific Union College saves big with Green Charge storage system
Pacific Union College will install a 1-MW/2-MWh commercial energy storage system on its Napa Valley campus. Pacific Union College is expected to save nearly $800,000 dollars over the 10-year agreement...
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Four federal solar trends to watch
By: Sara Rafalson, director, policy & new markets at Sol Systems From renewable portfolio standards to net metering, solar energy progress has always been driven at the state level. Still, here are...
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PCI Solar completes rooftop project in Texas
PCI Solar has completed a solar array atop the City of Georgetown’s new Westside Service Center. PCI won the Texas project through a competitive bid process released by the city in late 2016. This...
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Ross Solar Group to install solar at Connecticut car dealership
The Ross Solar Group, a Con Edison Solutions company, has begun preparations to install a third record-setting solar project for Gengras Motor Cars at the dealership group’s Chrysler / Dodge / Jeep /...
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Massachusetts schools, town cut costs with brownfield solar project
Soltage Project at 200 Iron Horse Park, North Billerica, MA. (Photo By: Greg M. Cooper / Soltage LLC) Soltage and independent power producer Tenaska have completed a 3.68-MW ground-mounted solar...
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SolarReviews releases list of Top 100-reviewed solar installers on its website
Of the nearly 7,200 reviews the top 100-reviewed solar installers at SolarReviews.com have received, their average overall ranking is 4.85 stars (out of 5) for each installation. That includes...
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Tigo receives UL certification for meeting 2017 and 2014 NEC rapid shutdown...
Tigo, pioneer of the Flex MLPE smart modular platform, announced its TS4 modular platform has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for...
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First community solar project in New York City area now complete
The PowerMarket, a platform and marketplace that allows customers in the greater New York City area to participate in local community solar projects, announces the first ever project to go live in...
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AES, AIMCo to acquire solar developer sPower
The AES Corp. and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), on behalf of certain of its clients, have agreed to acquire FTP Power LLC (sPower), a large independent owner, operator and...
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Webinar: Lithium ion batteries: the Safe Solar Storage Solution – March 29, 2017
The future looks bright for solar storage in 2017. Standard solar storage systems can be unreliable and put off a hazardous amount of heat causing malfunctions and power outages. To combat this, OEMs...
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