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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Maxeon Solar Technologies, the planned spin-off from SunPower Corp., has launched its new line of bifacial SunPower Performance 5 panels, the fifth-generation performance solar panels designed specifically for large-scale power plant applications.  The company’s shingled cell panel technologies are now protected by more than 144 patents and patent applications. Performance 5 panels will be commercialized […]

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Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, says its 200 MW AC Rambler Solar project in Tom Green County, Texas, has begun commercial operation. The development is the second 200 MW AC Texas solar facility that Duke Energy Renewables has brought online this year, bringing its total Texas solar portfolio to over 500 MW […]

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Sol Systems, a national solar energy finance and development firm, has launched a new initiative with Microsoft Corp. that creates the first community investment fund and the company’s single largest renewable energy portfolio energy purchase agreement.   Sol Systems and Microsoft designed the portfolio to maximize its positive environmental, community and societal impact. The strategic initiative […]

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According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, 546 microgrids were installed in the U.S. during 2019 – more than during any previous year. Three organizations – PowerSecure, Enchanted Rock and The American Red Cross – installed a combined 67% of these projects. Though the systems installed by PowerSecure and Enchanted Rock were almost all basic, […]

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