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  • I am a community solar lender. Here’s what I’m looking for.

    If you develop small- to medium-size community solar projects, chances are you’ve struggled to find the right financing. Maybe equity doesn’t meet all your needs. Or, you’re holding onto the project for the medium or long term, and you want to collect cash flow. In either case, debt is your best bet — but big……

  • Grappling with California’s solar market crash

    A survey of California solar and storage companies found 17,000 jobs have or will be lost by the end of 2023 due the recent net metering changes. The massive job loss represents 22% of all solar jobs in California and is the largest loss of solar jobs in U.S. history. I’ve been in the solar……

  • Lessons learned from the 2023 Solar Builder Projects of the Year

    Our Projects of the Year issue is always inspiring in some way. Projects that involve connecting cheaper, renewable energy to lower income communities. Projects that require engineering ingenuity to get done on time and on budget (or to get done at all). Projects that show what’s possible when people actually try to work together to……

  • Solve utility-scale solar challenges with a little collaboration (and a lot of engineering)

    Over the last year and half, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has built a bedrock of optimism for companies in the domestic solar industry. President Biden’s climate law has released billions of dollars of subsidies and encouraged new innovations and technologies, all while advancing the deployment of renewables.  Fueled by the IRA, the utility-scale solar……

  • Robots on the rise | Part 2 | Factory efficiency is coming to the solar jobsite

    Automation continues to transform solar construction sites. Previously, we looked at O&M and site prep solutions. In this installment, we’ll highlight innovative robotic installation technology that is improving efficiency and quality for larger scale solar projects. Terabase Energy unveiled its Terafab automated construction system in May. The new digital field factory solution aims to increase……