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Willdan wins contract to add solar to city of Lawrence, Kansas
Willdan announced that it has been awarded a $10.9 million contract by the city of Lawrence, Kansas, for a comprehensive energy-efficiency and facility-improvement project encompassing 40 city-owned...
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Penetrations don’t have to be the enemy of flat-roof solar
Holes in commercial rooftops are often considered the enemy of solar installations. Building owners don’t want them; installers don’t want to make them. So fully ballasted systems have become the norm...
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Google’s Project Sunroof now covers all 50 states
Google’s solar savings prediction tool Project Sunroof has expanded to cover all 50 states, up from 42 states in May 2016 according to VentureBeat. Project Sunroof uses images from Google Maps and...
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Registration now open for Intersolar North America
Intersolar North America, the most attended solar industry exhibition and conference in North America, and ees North America, the exhibition and conference dedicated to the energy storage market,...
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Nevada installers skeptical of NV Energy’s subscription solar plans
Black Rock Solar array at Food Bank of Northern Nevada. Photo: Creative Commons NV Energy, a Nevada utility, filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for a new subscription solar program...
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Foil resisters help measure DC and AC in solar projects
Regardless of size or location of a solar installation, the need for a good resistor remains. Resisters are used in solar PV applications for high-precision current measurements within the system....
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ABB digital distribution transformer allows better asset management,...
ABB announced the launch of what it said is the world’s first digital distribution transformer at its ABB Customer World event in Houston, Texas. Integrated sensing and monitoring technology in ABB’s...
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Solar MLPE companies must innovate products to reduce prices, report says
-SolarEdge The module-level power electronics industry is witnessing an intense growth phase, according to global research and consulting organization Frost & Sullivan. Demand is driven by...
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Adara Power assists solar installers and homeowners with SGIP reservation
The California Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) is a ratepayer-funded rebate program overseen by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and available to retail electric and gas...
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Solar Speaks: Tile roof install advice from Quick Mount PV
In this Solar Speaks episode, we chat with Jeff Spies at Quick Mount PV about solar installations on tile roofs, including when solar installers should suggest new roof installs before putting in...
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Florida Power & Light Company selects contractors for eight new solar plants
Florida Power & Light Company has selected Blattner Energy and Black & Veatch—two providers of renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services—to build its eight new...
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Polis raises $1.3 million to improve in-person sales and door-to-door outreach
Polis, whose technology platform helps organizations go door to door to facilitate in-person interactions, announced the close of a $1.3 million seed round led by Jennus Innovation and a handful of...
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Dominion expands its Solar for Schools program to six new sites
As Dominion continues to dramatically expand its solar power infrastructure in Virginia, it will more than double the number of sites for its innovative Dominion Solar for Schools program. Sponsored by...
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Intersolar director shares market perspective
Dr. Florian Wessendorf By: Dr. Florian Wessendorf, managing director of Solar Promotion International U.S. solar soared in 2016, surpassing more than 14 GW. This growth can largely be attributed to the...
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New version of T*SOL helps calculate solar thermal systems
T*SOL 2017, the new version of Valentin Software’s program for the simulation of solar thermal systems, was introduced at the beginning of the year. T*SOL 2017 enables its users to work with the...
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Blattner Energy tops IHS Markit sist of 2016 U.S. installers of PV
Blattner Energy lead the list of U.S. installers of PV in 2016, followed closely by First Solar, vertically integrated PV component supplier, and Swinerton Renewable Energy, EPC firm. Together, the top...
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JinkoSolar partners with CleanFund to offer PACE financing
JinkoSolar announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., will partner with CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital to offer long-term project financing to US commercial project...
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SolAmerica to activate solar array at South Carolina lumber company
SolAmerica of Atlanta, Georgia, announced that they will activate a new 924-kW single-axis tracker solar array on the property of Collum’s Lumber Products in Allendale, South Carolina on March 21. The...
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HERO program used by more than 3,000 Fresno homeowners
When the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt the HERO program, the goal was to help local homeowners make energy and efficiency upgrades that could reduce utility bills and greenhouse gas...
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SMA solar technology renews investment in U.S.
SMA Solar Technology will renew its investment in the U.S. with the addition of two new executives, and plans to add many new employees with a major hiring push. This action is being taken in response...
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