Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Report: U.S. solar market to grow 119 percent in 2016
The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year, says GTM Research in its U.S. Solar Market Insight 2015 Year in Review, published in conjunction with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Led by the utility-scale segment, GTM Research forecasts 16 gigawatts of solar willRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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PV manufacturers investing $5 billion in capacity, tech upgrades
An obstacle in the way of massive solar growth around the world is having the capacity to meet the demand. The solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing sector is ready to meet this challenge as it looks to increase capital expenditure (capex) on new factories and technologies in 2016 by more than 60Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunEdison, Vivint Solar merger off, Vivint citing breach of agreement
You may recall back in July 2015 when SunEdison announced its acquisition of residential solar systems provider Vivint Solar for a reported $2.2 billion. Well, the deal was scheduled to expire this month, and ahead of that deadline, Vivint Solar delivered a letter to SunEdison, Inc. last night notifying itRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Rhode Island utility launches solar shopping marketplace for customers
We like it when utilities work to provide their customers with the tools and resources they need to choose to go solar — and maybe even incentivize them to do so. Rhode Island electric customers of National Grid will soon have such a tool to use in researching and purchasing solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Behind-the-meter energy storage market grows 405 percent in 2015
The U.S. energy storage market just had both its best quarter and best year of all time, according to the GTM Research/Energy Storage Association’s U.S. Energy Storage Monitor 2015 Year in Review. The U.S. deployed 112 megawatts of energy storage capacity in the fourth quarter of 2015, bringing the annualRead More — Solar Builder magazine