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Month: May 2022

CommonBond banks on residential solar financing success

The fintech company will now focus exclusively on its solar business, which has quickly become its best-performing product since launching in 2021. May 13, 2022 Financing provider CommonBond has recognized the boom in residential solar has just begun, announcing it has pivoted its business to focus exclusively on solar financing. Its solar financing product was …

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Commerce chooses 8 solar manufacturers for deeper examination in AD/CVD circumvention investigation

The Dept. of Commerce has released the names of the mandatory respondents in the AD/CVD circumvention investigation currently happening in the solar industry. The department, which is looking at solar cell and panel manufacturers in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam that use components from China and whether the companies are circumventing Chinese tariffs in the …

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Sunrun installs 136-kW solar project on California apartment complex

Sunrun completed a solar project that will serve 70 rental homes in San Jose, California. Residents of the Don de Dios Apartments will receive solar credits on their electric bills for the next 20 years. Credit: Sunrun The multifamily housing solar installation required no upfront payment from renters and will generate an immediate 54% in …

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Sunrise brief: Bipartisan urgency from Senate to resolve solar anticircumvention case

Secretary of Commerce may have underrepresented history of solar tariff rates before Senate  Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo indicated that antidumping investigations similar to the Auxin case in the past resulted in 10% to 12% tariffs, but Federal Register records show many large Chinese solar companies have paid higher rates than that. In 2017 to …

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Arkansas regional bank powers locations with 4.8-MW solar array

Scenic Hill Solar managed the construction of a 4.8-MW solar project in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to account for electricity supply to Bank OZK’s regional locations. The single-axis solar array is made of 11,265 solar panels and will produce enough electricity to power the bank’s new corporate headquarters in Little Rock and up to 40 Bank OZK …

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Oregon bakery blends pastry and PV with dual-axis solar project

Ashland, Oregon-based Stracker Solar was chosen to design and build a state-of-the-art solar installation for Franz Bakery’s new Outlet Store and Depot in Medford. The six dual-axis tracker installations in the parking lot will make the new location net-zero electric while accommodating possible future EV charging stations. Credit: Stracker Solar “Franz is proud to support …

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Data center provider enters contract for 130-MW Kern County solar project

Digital Realty, a provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced that it is contracting for 158 MW of new solar power in California and Georgia. The move advances Digital Realty’s progress toward 100% renewable electricity and its 1.5℃-aligned Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – a global standard for reduction greenhouse …

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Secretary of Commerce falsely represented record of solar tariffs before Senate

Appearing before a subcommittee meeting with the Senate, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo addressed bipartisan concerns about an antidumping investigation launched by a petition from a small module manufacturer, Auxin Solar. The investigation could lead to tariffs on solar goods shipped from four Southeast Asian countries that supply about 80% of US polysilicon-based solar panels. …

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Mango Power launches residential and portable energy storage systems

Mango Power M Series Mango Power officially launched its residential energy storage systems at Intersolar Munich 2022 this week. The products are also available to the U.S. market. The Mango Power M Series energy storage system has a 10- to 20-kWh battery, inverter, backup gateway and EV charger all in one unit. The system uses …

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Schneider Electric smart panel now available in California

Schneider Electric announced its Square D Energy Center smart panel is now available for purchase in California, with nationwide availability expected in 2023. The Square D Energy Center is designed for installation in new residential construction projects. It enables the convergence, scalability and optimization of residential distributed energy resources, including utility power, solar power, energy …

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