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Community Solar: An Alternative for Commercial Businesses

Community Solar was introduced to allow individuals and businesses within a community to participate in solar PPA’s. Previously, these individuals…

Twelve States to lead the way to a solar powered U.S.

Currently in the United States there are twelve states, referred to as the “Dazzling Dozen” in a report by Environment…

Understanding the US Solar Investment Tax Credit and its Impact on Solar Financing Solutions

The Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is a 30 percent tax credit for solar systems on residential and commercial properties that…

Performance Based Incentives Provide Additional Flexibility for Solar Financing

Performance based incentives (PBI), investment tax credits, and other incentives allow the solar industry to grow with a variety of…

Growing Solar Industry in U.S. to Benefit from local solar manufacturing plants

According to research done at Lazard Capital, the solar industry is forecasted to be the fastest growing segment of the…

Solar Financing Solutions allow solar industry to grow domestically and abroad

Solar financing solutions have allowed the solar market to grow at a record rate in recent years. By 2020, it…

Solar Industry Experiences an Increase in Mid-size Solar Installations

In the United States, mid-size solar photovoltaic (PV) projects are considered to be around 100 kilowatts (kW) to 2 megawatts…

Obama’s commitment to climate change will impact the renewable industry

On June 25th, President Obama appeared before a crowd in Washington DC to discuss the second part of his plan…

Solar Power Financing Accelerates Solar Industry Profits and Growth

As the solar industry gains momentum, it’s quickly becoming one of the most promising up-and-coming markets nationwide. According to a…

US solar industry remains worldwide leader in new investment

As the US solar energy market remains a worldwide leader in clean energy mergers and acquisitions, experts predict that it…

UPDATE: California Sets New Solar Production Record

Last Friday, California set a new daily record for solar electricity production. The record didn’t last long. A new record…

Distributed solar PV systems on the rise worldwide

Although the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry was expected to consist mainly of solar farms/utility scale installations, the industry is seeing…