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In an effort to deliver enhanced product support, Fronius USA has increased the warranty duration for all new Fronius solar inverter installations – from 10 years to 12 years of warranty. Effective on March 1, 2024, newly installed Fronius inverters in the United States of America are eligible for the two additional years of material …

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Sunvoy has launched white-labeled native apps in the Google and Apple app stores, allowing any solar installer to have its own branded app. Traditionally, solar installers have not had an app to provide their customers where customers could track their project and see their energy data in a single place. With more equipment being installed …

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In the last 10 years, Pennsylvania K-12 schools have nearly tripled the amount of solar installed, according to a new statewide report on schools’ solar uptake published by Generation180, a clean energy nonprofit. The solar capacity installed at statewide schools over the past 10 years grew from 14 MW to approximately 39 MW. The new …

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Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America (ISNA/ESNA) is now accepting applications for the fifth-annual Solar Games competition to be held February 25-27, 2025 at the San Diego Convention Center. Michigan Solar Solutions participating in the Solar Games at Intersolar North America 2024. Credit: ISNA During the Solar Games, teams are tasked with building residential …

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We Recycle Solar is partnering with Renewables.org, a nonprofit assisting solar development in the Global South, to enact more sustainable practices in solar installation and spur projects in developing markets. As part of the Earth Day celebration this year, We Recycle Solar committed to a specific initiative: For every 10 solar modules recycled through its …

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The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment for an up to $72.8 million partial loan guarantee to finance the development of a solar and long-duration energy storage microgrid on the Tribal lands of the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Indians near Alpine, California. This project is the first to …

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The New Mexico Supreme Court this week upheld the current rules for New Mexico’s community solar program and ruled in favor of the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) and a coalition of intervenor-appellees that included the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), the Coalition of Sustainable Communities New Mexico (CSCNM), City of Las Cruces, New Energy Economy and the Renewable Energy Industries …

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Raptor Maps just released the sixth edition of its “Global Solar Report,” which features data that starkly showcases the underperformance of solar assets. The report finds that global revenue loss due to equipment-driven underperformance last year reached $4.6 billion, and that power loss due to equipment anomalies on solar farms rose from 3.13% to 4.47% …

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The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) published its “2023 Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Report,” which highlights the state’s clean energy industry growth, being home to over 108,000 direct clean energy workers. The state’s clean energy industry has grown 80% since 2010, or approximately 48,176 jobs. The industry contributed more than $14 billion to the gross …

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Enact Solar, a digital platform for planning, implementing and overseeing solar and energy storage projects, has launched its Insider Partner Program. The goal of the program is to streamline and simplify its partners’ solar and storage businesses by providing signed solar projects while using Enact’s cloud software platform. “Our newly launched Insider Partner Program is …

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