Tigo Sues APsystems for Intellectual Property Infringement
Tigo Energy Inc., developer of the Flex MLPE and TS4 platforms, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against APsystems, seeking to hold APsystems...
View ArticleDEPCOM Begins Construction on Virginia Solar Plant
DEPCOM Power Inc., a company that specializes in utility-scale solar projects, has begun construction on the Altavista Solar plant near Lynch Station, Va. The 113 MW DC solar plant will span...
View ArticleClean Energy Industries Commit to a Majority Renewables Grid
Within a decade, more than half of the electricity generated in the U.S. will come from clean, renewable resources supported by energy storage, according to a joint commitment announced by the U.S....
View ArticleHawaiian Electric Selects AES DE to Develop PV Projects
AES Distributed Energy (AES DE), a developer of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar+storage facilities, has been selected by Hawaiian Electric to develop and operate two new utility-scale solar+storage...
View ArticleFossil Fuels Increasingly More Expensive than Renewable Power
Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, according to a report recently released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). IRENA’s...
View ArticleUnirac Receives Notice of Acceptance Product Approval
Unirac Inc., a North American manufacturer of PV mounting systems, says its SOLARMOUNT PV Mounting system is the first solar racking product to receive a notice of acceptance (NOA) product approval...
View ArticleArgonne Labs Developing Avian Monitoring Project
As more solar energy systems are installed across the U.S., scientists are quantifying the effects on wildlife. Current data collection methods are time-consuming, but the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
View ArticleClir Launches Optimization Platform for Solar Assets
Clir Renewables, a provider of performance assessment software for renewable energy, has launched its optimization platform for solar assets. Responding to requests from its existing clients to open...
View ArticleITC Issues Final Determination Confirming No Patent Infringement by REC Group
REC Group, a company dedicated to providing consumers with solar power in order to facilitate global energy transitions, says the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a Final...
View ArticleIngeteam Becomes First Inverter Manufacturer to be NTS Certified
Ingeteam, an international technology group that specializes in electric power conversion, has become the first central inverter manufacturer to be certified under the Technical Supervision Regulation...
View ArticleRoll-A-Rack Seeking Installers For Beta Testing Of New Racking System
Roll-A-Rack is seeking 10 developers or solar installers to test its patent-pending Roll-A-Rack solar panel racking system, which the company says reduces racking and installation costs of flat-roof...
View ArticleCCSA: Massachusetts Solar Regulations Would Cancel Clean Energy Projects
New Massachusetts’ clean energy regulations would have the unintended consequence of canceling nearly 80 solar energy projects at a time when COVID-19 is already causing long-lasting harm to many...
View ArticleGinlong Technologies Debuts Hybrid Energy Storage Inverter
Ginlong Technologies, a global photovoltaic string inverter manufacturer, has debuted its latest hybrid energy storage inverter across EU markets. The three-phase Solis-HVES (high voltage energy...
View ArticleLoanpal Reopens Renewable Credit Markets Post COVID-19
Loanpal, a company that specializes in residential solar financing, says Goldman Sachs has priced securitizations of $459 million worth of Loanpal solar loans previously purchased by Goldman Sachs and...
View ArticleSense Aims to Improve Customer Satisfaction with Home Energy Insights
Sense says more than 150 new solar installers have joined the company’s Sense Pro partner program over the past year. Together, Sense partners have equipped tens of thousands of homes across the...
View ArticleU.S. Solar Market Sets Installation Record
The U.S. solar market installed 3.6 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q1, representing its largest first quarter ever in the U.S. According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2020...
View ArticleGeronimo, J. Ranck Partner to Build Michigan Solar Portfolio
Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, has started construction activities for two Michigan solar projects for which Consumers Energy previously executed power purchase agreements (PPA). The...
View ArticleThe Center for Biological Diversity Files Brief to Reject Pending Petition
The Center for Biological Diversity (Center) has filed a brief urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a pending petition aimed at gutting net metering for distributed-solar...
View ArticleREPlantSolutions to Provide Grid Security to Solar Industry
REPlantSolutions, an Arizona-based provider of field-proven system solutions and consulting for the solar industry, has committed to support grid security and optimize the cost of photovoltaic (PV)...
View ArticleAVANGRID Appoints New CEO
AVANGRID’s board of directors has appointed Dennis V. Arriola as CEO effective July 20. Arriola succeeds James P. Torgerson who will retire on June 23. Arriola joins AVANGRID from Sempra Energy, where...
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