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  • Total corporate funding in solar sector plummets in Q1 2018 due to U.S trade war

    Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the global solar sector in the first quarter of 2018. Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing) into the solar sectorRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sungrow, Greensmith Energy working on 1-MW solar + storage project in Massachusetts

    Sungrow, is working with Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, to provide an advanced energy storage system to Origis Energy USA in Sterling, Massachusetts. The project couples a 1 MW rooftop solar installation with a 1MW/2MWh energy storage system to deliver an annual base load of 1.7Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • South Carolina moves closer to lifting net metering cap for rooftop solar

    A bill that will eliminate an artificial cap on net metering from rooftop solar installations, allowing for more people to have solar energy as an electricity option, is moving forward in South Carolina, passing a vote in the state House last week. South Carolina’s solar market grew significantly in 2017. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • CleanCapital, CarVal Investors form $250 million equity partnership to invest in solar

    CleanCapital and CarVal Investors, a global alternative investment fund manager, announced a new $250 million equity partnership that, including debt financing, enables the acquisition of up to $1 billion of clean energy assets. This partnership harnesses CarVal’s expertise across different asset classes and creates an opportunity to define clean energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • OYA Solar sells 28 MW of Minnesota community solar to NRG Energy

    OYA Solar Inc. has closed on the sale of four Minnesota community solar projects totaling 28 MWdc with NRG Energy, Inc. The four projects are located in the counties of Benton, Blue Earth, Douglas, and Yellow Medicine on approximately 180 acres of land. Two of the projects have reached MechanicalRead More — Solar Builder magazine