Tag: News

  • GTM: Sunrun tops SolarCity as lease sales leader, and more residential solar sales stats

    2017 isn’t quite the banner year for solar that 2016 was. Aside from the trade case drama, it has also been a tumultuous year for the big names in the residential solar space. Three of the largest installers, including NRG Home Solar, Sungevity and Direct Energy Solar, have gone bankruptRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fact: People want solar energy. Here are some stats on why

    One truth that gets glossed over in the debate over how much or how little to incentivize solar energy as part of our energy future – people actively want it. Two reports were released last week to provide some more insight into who these people are and what they like about solar.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Braggawatt adds COO to further streamline commercial solar financing platform

    Braggawatt Energy, a financing provider enabling small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) adoption of cost-saving onsite energy solutions (that we covered in this feature), continues to bolster its ranks with solar industry veterans, adding Nathan (Kii) Miller, P.E. as Chief Operating Officer. With more than 17 years of solar industry experience, MillerRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New guide shows strategies for pairing community solar with storage

    The Community Solar Value Project (CSVP), an effort co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, has released a guide that provides practical answers to questions about why and how to use energy storage in combination with community-scale solar developments. Solar Plus Storage Companion Measures for High-Value Community Solar:Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nearmap rolls out two new views for its hi-res aerial mapping services

    Hi-res aerial maps provide a lot of value to the solar industry when it comes to streamlining that initial proposal creation and design process. Nearmap, a location content provider specializing in high-resolution aerial maps, released two new forms of aerial geospatial data services – Nearmap Panorama and Nearmap Oblique imagery.Read More — Solar Builder magazine