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SEIA Appoints New Board Members, Division Chairs

The Solar Energy Industries Association has elected three at-large members and five division chairs to serve on the SEIA board of directors. The elected...

CHINT Supplying 122 MW of Bi-Facial Modules to Atlas

CHINT Solar/Astronergy has signed a new contract with solar energy provider Atlas Renewable Energy to supply 122 MW of bi-facial PV modules to one...

U.S. Solar Market Swelled in Third-Quarter 2019

The U.S. residential solar market reached record highs in the third quarter of 2019, with 712 MW of solar installed, according to the latest...

BELECTRIC Expands Operations and Maintenance Footprint in the U.S.

BELECTRIC has entered into a pair of 10-year O&M partnerships that will see the company provide a combination of preventive and corrective maintenance services...

Major Georgia Project Comes Online to Power Facebook Data Center

Facebook, Walton Electric Membership Corp. (EMC) and Silicon Ranch have completed a 102.5 MW solar facility located in Early County, Ga. - Facebook’s first...

Array Technologies to Supply EDF with 2 GW of DuraTrack

EDF Renewables North America and Array Technologies have formed a new partnership whereby Array will provide EDF Renewables with nearly 2 GW of its...

Acquisition Helps Nearmap Deliver Rapid Roof Geometry for Solar Designers

Aerial imagery company Nearmap has acquired technology and assets from Pushpin, a company that extracts data from 3D models to provide roof geometry insights...

Investor Acquiring 19 MW Project in Michigan

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corp. has reached an agreement with Prism Power Partners to acquire Electric City Solar, a 19 MW construction-ready solar project in...

IGS Solar Completes Project for Hormel Foods

Hormel Foods Corp. and IGS Solar have completed a solar energy project at the Hormel Foods Swiss American Sausage Co. facility in Lathrop, Calif. IGS...

Installer Surpasses 1 GW of Solar Projects Completed

California-based solar design and installation firm RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS) is celebrating the completion of more than 1 GW of solar projects. The company...

Solis Hybrid Inverters Can Now Be Integrated with LG Batteries

Solis Hybrid Inverters Can Now Be Integrated with LG Batteries Solar string inverter manufacturer Ginlong Technologies says its Solis storage inverter is now compatible with the RESU...

Baker Hughes Commits to 100-Percent Renewables in Texas

International industrial services company Baker Hughes has entered into a 10-year agreement to purchase 100% of its Texas electricity from renewable sources, eliminating 12%...

Romande Energie, ABB Finish Unique Floating Solar Plant in Swiss Alps

Romande Energie and ABB have completed a floating PV installation on the artificial Lac des Toules in Switzerland. The plant in the Swiss...

Solar Inverter Company Sungrow Touts 100 GW Milestone

Solar inverter manufacturer Sungrow says it has shipped inverters supporting a total installed capacity of 100 GW worldwide. The milestone was reached with a...

105 MW N.C. Solar Project to Use Solar FlexRack Mounting

Solar FlexRack, a company focused on PV mounting and solar tracker solutions, says its fixed-tilt solar racking system is being installed in a 105...

Sunnova SunSafe Now Available in Florida Markets

Sunnova Energy International Inc. has expanded its Sunnova SunSafe 1 solar+battery storage system offering into Florida, making the state the 13th market where Sunnova...

New Jersey Resort Hosts 3.5 MW Solar PV Installation

Crystal Springs Resort has commenced commercial operations of a 3.5 MW solar farm in northern New Jersey. Developed in partnership with New Jersey-based Marina Energy,...

Greenbacker Acquiring 27.2 MW of Vermont Solar Power

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC is buying a portfolio of 14 solar projects from Encore Renewable Energy and has closed a $4 million equipment...

Fronius, BYD to Offer New Solar+Storage Solution

Fronius has released its GEN24 Plus hybrid solar inverter coupled with energy storage from BYD, which the company describes as an “all-in-one solution for...

GameChange Solar: Install Genius Tracker at Under 175 Hours Per Megawatt

GameChange Solar says the installation speed for its Genius Tracker using pre-assembled SpeedClamps for module mounting and its pre-assembled drive system has been reduced...

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