Canadian Solar has entered into a partnership agreement with Lifestyle Solar to provide solar and energy storage solutions to California homebuilders.   Through the partnership, Canadian Solar will supply its residential solar and energy storage products to Lifestyle Solar, which aims in turn to provide homebuilders with the renewable energy solution. Furnished products include Canadian Solar’s […]

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Summit Ridge Energy has committed to purchase 800 MW of additional solar panels from Qcells to support the organization’s development pipeline. The agreement builds on an existing 1.2 GW relationship between the companies, which say the purchase will allow Summit Ridge to develop 100 additional community solar projects across the U.S.  The majority of these […]

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SolarEdge Technologies has debuted its next-generation, three-phase solar inverter and dedicated home battery for the European residential market, expected to be available in the second half of next year.  Hoping to address the growing segment of larger residential solar+storage rooftop installations, the company’s inverter is designed to reach a power class of up to 20kW […]

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Recheck has launched its industry registry in partnership with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and solar finance, contractor and technology partners.  The platform offers an industry-wide registry of residential solar salespeople and installers, with the aim of raising customer experience standards. Its founding partners include Dividend Finance, Freedom Forever, GoodLeap, Mosaic, Palmetto, Sungage Financial, […]

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SolarEdge Technologies unveiled at Intersolar 2024 its next-generation, three-phase solar inverter and dedicated home battery for the European residential market, expected to be available in the second half of next year.  Hoping to address the growing segment of larger residential solar+storage rooftop installations, the company’s inverter is designed to reach a power class of up […]

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Oxford PV says it has achieved a record in solar efficiency with a 60-cell residential-size module, produced with the company’s perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells.  The company adds that it had reached a 26.9% efficiency, compared to current best silicon modules of approximately 25% with a similar designated module area. The double-glass module has a 1.6 […]

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DuPont and Desun Energy launched flexible solar panels featuring DuPont Tedlar frontsheet at Intersolar Europe 2024.  “As a strategic partner of Desun, we’re very thrilled to work with Desun and launch Tedlar frontsheet to the photovoltaic industry at Intersolar Europe,” says Ryan Peng, global business director of DuPont Tedlar.  “With the increasing need for flexible […]

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Castillo Engineering has been selected as the engineer of record (EOR) for three portfolios of Illinois community solar projects, totaling 56 MW across 14 projects. The portfolios consist of three projects totaling 23 MW with Recon Corp., seven projects totaling 21 MW and four projects totaling 12 MW.  These fixed-tilt, bifacial solar module projects will […]

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ComEd says it has interconnected a total of 1 GW of distributed energy resources (DER) capacity to its grid.  The 59,000 DER on the ComEd smart grid includes 1,582 commercial systems, 118 community solar farms, 23 industrial and two utility-scale projects, the company says.  “Achieving the 1 GW milestone for DER reflects progress with the […]

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Maxeon Solar Technologies has initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in the Düsseldorf Local Division of the Court of First Instance of Unified Patent Court (UPC) against Aiko Energy Germany, Solarlab Aiko Europe, Aiko Energy Netherlands and several of Aiko’s European partners. Partners include Memodo, Libra, VDH, PowerDeal and Coenergia.  The suit alleges infringement of a […]

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GAF Energy is set to build a new solar roofing testing facility, as well as launch a round of building-integrated photovoltaic testing, due in part to a U.S. Department of Energy investment. GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar roof features what the company calls the world’s first nailable solar shingle, integrating solar technology into traditional roofing processes […]

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Vesper Energy has sold two PJM assets, Gaucho Solar and Nestlewood Solar, to Octopus Energy Generation.  The Nestlewood Solar project is located on 610 acres in Clermont and Brown counties, Ohio, and offsets power for a Fortune 100 company as part of a PPA. The Gaucho Solar project is located on 68 acres in Beaver […]

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