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Total corporate funding in solar rises to $3.2 billion in Q1 2017
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in the first...
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UES names new 5-MW solar facility after late employee
UniSource Energy Services (UES) dedicated a new 5-MW solar array in memory of an employee who helped to keep the lights on for more than 30 years in Mohave County. The Steven H. Jacobson Solar...
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Trina Solar launches bifacial PERC module
Trina Solar Limited has launched its high-efficiency bifacial module DUOMAX Twin at Clean Energy Expo China (CEEC Expo) 2017 in Beijing. The DUOMAX Twin, is an innovative solar module integrating the...
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EnSync to add solar+storage to Chemehuevi Native American tribe’s community...
EnSync Energy Systems, developer of innovative distributed energy resource (DER) systems and internet of energy (IOE) control platforms for the utility, commercial, industrial and multi-tenant building...
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Demand Energy starts construction on Marcus Garvey Village solar+storage...
Demand Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America, announced that construction work has begun on the company’s groundbreaking renewable-energy-plus-storage microgrid at Marcus...
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Sunrun extends sponsorship with California Minor League Baseball teams
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) and Sunrun are expanding their community outreach partnership in The Golden State of California this season. Sunrun, the “Preferred Residential Solar Power Provider of...
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New NAACP environmental justice report advocates for energy independence
Space heater fire aftermath in Maryland. Source: https://patch.com/maryland/bowie/space-heaters-cause-bedroom-fires-twice-week-0 The NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program released a new...
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Soltec self-powered utility-scale tracker receives UL 1741 listing
Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers, announces the award of UL 1741 for its unique PV Series Power Supply used for self-powered tracker operation that delivers...
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Solar Frontier sells 40-MW thin-film project to Dominion Energy
Solar Frontier Americas, U.S. subsidiary of the world’s largest CIS solar energy solutions provider Solar Frontier, announced it has sold its 40-MWdc Midway II solar power plant to a subsidiary of...
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Imec and Solliance’s perovskite PV modules achieve 12.4% conversion efficiency
Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technologies, along with its partner Solliance announced they have improved their 4x4cm² perovskite module...
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California school district to get 5.7 MW of SunPower solar carports by year’s...
Located in San Bernardino County, California, Hesperia Unified School District (HUSD) will soon have more than 5.7 MW of high-efficiency SunPower Helix carport systems generating solar power for 29 of...
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OneRoof Energy CEO resigns, company settles arbitration claims as wind-down...
OneRoof Energy, a residential solar services provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of OneRoof Energy Group, has entered into a mutual settlement agreement with Trinity Heating & Air, settling all...
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New 1.34-MW solar array announced in Indiana during precarious legislative times
New IKEA Indiana rendering. Photo: Business Wire IKEA announced plans to install solar panels atop its future Indianapolis-area store opening fall 2017 in Fishers, Indiana. Panel installation will...
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EnSync to add solar+storage to Hawaii food processing company
EnSync has entered into a PPA with a Hawaii-based food processing company. The DER system is designed to provide sustainability and electrical resiliency by adding solar+storage at the processor’s...
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Imagine Energy installs Quest Renewables solar canopies in Portland
Quest Renewables Inc. congratulates Imagine Energy on the completion of a 1.02-MW solar array for Montgomery Park, Portland’s second largest office building, along with three other nearby buildings...
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Bosch solar panels recalled due to fire hazard
Bosch has issued a recall on its roof-mounted, 60-cell NA30119 c-Si solar modules currently installed in the United States and Canada. The solar panels can overheat, posing a risk of fire. Nearly...
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SEIA takes on grid modernization
The United States electric grid is in need of an update to account for changes in how Americans get their electricity. The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the first white paper in a series...
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Guest column: Indiana’s solar future lies on governor’s desk
Arnold with Rep. Ron Bacon, a conservative Indiana representative who owns solar panels and opposes SB 309 By Laura Ann Arnold, president of the Indiana Distributed Energy Alliance SB 309 is on its way...
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Exhibit prepares to show advantages of hydrogen and fuel cell storage at SPI
A new exhibit featuring the advantage of using hydrogen and fuel cells will take place at the Solar Power International (SPI) show this fall. The exhibit will be part of Energy Storage International, a...
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Adara Power introduces 20-kWh residential energy storage solution
Adara Power offers its second-generation energy storage system, the Adara Pulse. The Adara Pulse is an intelligent solution that’s stackable to 20 kWh for residential energy storage, driven by Adara’s...
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