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Solar+storage keeps light on at Chula Vista, California church
SunFusion Solar is installing a solar+storage at the First Southern Baptist Church of Chula Vista, California. The project includes 15 kW of solar and a 45 kWh battery from iDemand Energy Storage...
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Denver International Airport adds more parking spaces covered with solar
Denver International Airport opened a new parking lot at the 61st and Peña Regional Transportation District (RTD) University of Colorado A Line commuter rail station. The new lot adds a total of 800...
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Inside solar lobby day: A newbie’s view of the Hill
By Pamela Cargill, principal at Chaolysti Last week, I traveled to our nation’s capitol for the SEIA Board meeting, SEIA’s Women’s Empowerment event and a full day of meetings with legislators and...
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Portland pledges to go 100% renewable energy
Portland’s mayor and Multnomah County’s county chair announced Monday that the city pledges to go 100% renewable by 2050, according to The Oregonian. Cities across the country are lining up to make the...
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A gate-stop approach to solar foundation design
By Blair Loftis, national director of power generation and transmission for Terracon Does uncertainty in the market have you frustrated? When things get tough, it is sometimes best to focus on simple...
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Avoid broken tiles on rooftop PV installations
From the earliest days of rooftop PV, installers have struggled with tile roofs. Broken tile is a reality that solar installers learn to live with. Repairs can be time-consuming, difficult, expensive...
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Understand how flashing codes affect roofing warranties
There is no specific standard when it comes to solar PV and flashing, but it’s understood that flashing must be installed in a way to prevent water intrusion. The 2015 IBC code says to follow...
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Ramada Silicon Valley adds solar power
New solar panels at Ramada Silicon Valley The Ramada Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California, announced the completion of a PV system by Sky Power Solar with solar modules from Mitsubishi Electric US....
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ReneSola sells North Carolina solar project
ReneSola, a solar project developer and provider of energy-efficient products, announced that it signed an agreement to sell its utility-scale project located in North Carolina to New York-based...
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Guest column: Stop chasing Musk, and do what you do best
This article is a follow-up to the April 7 article, Stop following Musk and do your job! By Shawn Sinclair Smith, president and founding director of Siviniti Unlike most of you, Elon Musk is not in the...
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GTM Research finds NEXTraker as top global solar tracker manufacturer
NEXTracker, a Flex company, has attained the No. 1 global market share position for the second consecutive year among solar tracker manufacturers in 2016. According to GTM Research’s upcoming Global PV...
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Quest Renewables is changing the solar carport game
If you haven’t installed a solar carport yourself, you at least know the process—steel posts are embedded in concrete, long support spans are bolted to the posts and panels are slid into place by...
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Solaria sues Seraphim for misappropriation of trade secrets
Solaria, a global provider of solar module technologies, filed suit against Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co., Seraphim Solar USA Manufacturing, and Suzhou Autoway System Co. in Federal District Court...
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Sunworks partners with geospatial services provider
Sunworks, a provider of solar power solutions for commercial and residential markets, announced its strategic marketing partnership with Quantum Spatial, an independent geospatial data firm. “We are...
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New solar mounting manufacturer TORR Industries enters market
TORR, a full-scale metal fabrication facility that favors quality over profit margins, is no stranger to the rooftop solar mounting game. The company has already been manufacturing solar mounting...
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SEIA advocates for Nevada net metering bill
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the industry’s national trade group, has sent a letter urging a Nevada Assembly committee to pass a pro-consumer net metering bill (AB 270). That measure...
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MassSolar speaks out against proposed SMART program
MassSolar joined solar advocates, environmental experts and nonprofit organizations devoted to serving low-income communities in Massachusetts warned the Baker administration today that its new Solar...
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New York solar installs to save local food bank $520,000 over 25 years
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York today announced that two newly completed solar installations atop the Food Bank’s...
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Experts say we can generate up to 10,000 GW of solar globally by 2030
The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world’s energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to provide a significant fraction of global electricity demand is far from being realized....
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IREC offers storage guide for policymakers
A new tool published today by the independent Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Charging Ahead: An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers provides regulators and other decision makers with...
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