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Peninsula Clean Energy Starts Construction of 200-Megawatt Solar Facility

October 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

LOS BANOS, Calif.: California’s largest solar installation built exclusively for a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) agency broke ground today in California’s Central Valley. Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), the electricity provider for 290,000 San Mateo County customers, expects the 200-megawatt utility-scale Wright Solar project to come online in late 2019. “This is a huge step for […]

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Mosaic Launches New Point of Sale App, Enabling Home Improvement Contractors to Provide Simple, Attractive Financing to Homeowners

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

Contractors can now deliver added value and service to help grow their business, while homeowners can be approved and choose their payment terms for home improvement projects in minutes OAKLAND, Calif.: Making the modern home possible by providing financing to homeowners for home improvement projects, Mosaic announced today the launch of its new point of sale app that […]

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NYSERDA Chooses Faraday AI Platform To Reduce Customer Acquisition Costs For Clean Energy Technologies

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

BURLINGTON, Vt.: Faraday, Inc. has been chosen to provide its multichannel data-driven customer targeting tools and complementary consulting services to contractors participating in New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) programs base on their unique artificial intelligence (AI) platform and experience in clean energy. The platform enables contractors to analyze key geographies and […]

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Solar Wolf Energy Growing at Exponential Rate

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

MILLBURY, Mass.: For some renewable energy companies, the “Solar Boom” is already dropping off or has ended completely, leading to businesses closing and employees losing jobs. Not so for Solar Wolf Energy. Based out of Central Massachusetts, the solar panel and system installer has been busy from coast to coast, recently adding sales from the […]

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The Five 2018 Races to Watch for a 100% Renewable Energy Future

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on LinkedIn, and is being republished with permission of the author. It’s hard to go a day without hearing, reading, or talking about the upcoming midterm elections. Interest is high and opinions are strong, with most of the spotlight shining on the federal level. But critical races are occurring across the country […]

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Meet the Women Doing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Solar Deals

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

On this original podcast: why more diverse teams are good for business. Katie and Becca do a lot of solar deals. In fact, they’re closing tens of millions of dollars in commercial solar projects every month. Karen is an SREC trader and longtime real estate pro. She recently approached Katie and Becca with a complicated […]

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California Community Solar Isn’t Working. SoCal Edison Wants to Redesign It

October 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

The utility would gather customers for community projects, alongside other new 100 percent clean electricity options. Southern California Edison is asking regulators for permission to improve clean energy offerings for customers who can’t install rooftop solar. The utility connects between 3,000 and 5,000 solar roofs per month, but many of its 15 million customers don’t […]

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SEIA Releases New Go-To Guide for Residential Installations

October 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

WASHINGTON: The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released an updated Installation Best Practices Guide for Residential Portfolios, a vital document for all parties involved in a solar transaction. The white paper, developed by members of SEIA’s Solar Quality Assurance Working Group, provides recommended best practices on everything from contractor qualifications to the design and […]

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TAS Announces Completion Of Solar Panel Installation As Part Of Sustainability Efforts

October 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

HOUSTON: As part of an ongoing sustainability effort, TAS is pleased to announce the completion of its new solar panel installation at its Cullen facility. The energy being produced can be stored in TAS’ thermal energy storage tank associated with our Modular Solutions Lab which is used for R&D and houses a small colocation data […]

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Enphase Energy and Solar Solution Deliver PPA Success in Washington, D.C.

October 9, 2018 Anand Gupta

FREMONT, Calif.: Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters, today announced that the leading Washington, D.C.-based solar contractor, Solar Solution, leverages the Enphase Home Energy Solution with IQ™ for 72-cell modules in combination with a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to provide clean solar energy to […]