The AES Corp., a global power company, has made a strategic investment in 5B, a solar technology innovator based in Sydney, Australia.  5B’s MAVERICK design enables customers to add solar resources at a pace that is three times faster while providing up to two times more energy within the same footprint of traditional solar facilities. […]

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Discover Battery and Sol-Ark have implemented a closed-loop communication between Discover Advanced Energy System (AES) LiFePO4 and Sol-Ark 12K and 8K Hybrid All-In-One inverter systems over CANBus using a LYNK Solar Gateway.  In addition to remote reporting of state-of-charge (SOC) and system-level status through Sol-Ark’s web monitoring services, closed-loop communication allows the AES battery management […]

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SinglePoint Inc. says its majority-owned subsidiary, Direct Solar of America LLC, has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire Standard Eco Solar, a developer and installer of grid-tied solar electric systems in Texas, Illinois and Arizona for a combination of cash and stock.  Direct Solar and SinglePoint are currently conducting due diligence and […]

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Duke Energy and Buncombe County have partnered to build a new solar power plant on a retired landfill in the town of Woodfin, N.C. Duke Energy will own and operate the 5 MW solar power plant located on the closed Buncombe County landfill – near Interstate 26 and the French Broad River. The new solar […]

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Enphase Energy Inc., a global energy technology company and supplier of solar microinverters, has started production shipments of the Enphase Encharge storage system to customers in North America. Encharge storage systems feature Enphase Ensemble energy management technology, which powers the world’s first grid-agnostic microinverter-based storage system. “We are pleased to deliver the Enphase Encharge storage […]

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Solaria Corp., a global provider of advanced solar energy products, says its Solaria Proposal Tool is now available.  The Solaria Proposal Tool is delivered on the OpenSolar platform, combining a cloud-based solar system design tool that enables dealers to work interactively with their customers with Solaria product content and functionality and high-resolution imagery. Solaria is […]

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Schneider Electric Solar has launched Insight, an energy management platform for residential and commercial users. It is available through their local, cloud and mobile interfaces. Digital technologies have been transforming energy management. Digitalization utilizes communications technology and data to generate in-depth analysis, help better decision-making and automate or control operations intelligently at a site level. […]

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CPS Energy, a San Antonio-based fully integrated electric and gas utility, has released a global request for information (RFI) that will help in the development of a future request for proposal (RFP) that will incorporate non- or low-emitting generation and demand-side resources consistent with the utility’s Flexible Path vision. The RFI will inform the design […]

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The Solar Foundation, the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) and other partners in the Solar Ready Vets Network have obtained approvals from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to make exam fees for solar industry credentials eligible for reimbursement under the GI Bill.  These new benefits will make it easier for military […]

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LG Business Solutions, a provider of high-efficiency solar modules to the U.S. commercial and residential markets, has launched the next generation of its LG NeON 2 solar panel. Available for order now and shipping to the U.S. market beginning in August, the new series of LG NeON 2 60-cell modules feature a power class of […]

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sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has closed on the $700 million construction/term loan financing for the Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in Spotsylvania County, Va.  At 620 MW DC, this is the largest solar project east of the Rockies. The project is currently under construction, with phases coming online this year through project […]

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Opus One Solutions, a provider of transactive and distributed energy management software, has entered an agreement to deploy its GridOS Transactive Energy Management System (TEMS) for a demonstration at Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. This is the first transactive energy software deployment of its kind at SCE […]

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