Mechatron Solar unveils dual-axis tracker models focused on residential and agricultural markets 

Mechatron Solar has added two new designs to its portfolio of dual-axis trackers to better serve the agricultural and residential markets. The new agriculture model, M16KD, features spacing between panels to permit more light to reach crops…

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum will soon be fully powered by pollinator-friendly solar arrays

Shelburne Museum’s new 500-kW solar array during construction. Andy Duback. Vermont’s Shelburne Museum will be fully powered by renewable energy when two new arrays constructed on museum property come online later this year. Construction…

S-5! and PVComplete develop design software for solar projects on metal roofs

Metal roof attachment manufacturer S-5! and software developer PVComplete launched a web-based solar calculator designed to create solar project layouts for standing seam and exposed-fastened metal roofs. Credit: S-5! “Compatible with most…

Hannah Solar Government Services to install 490-kW rooftop solar project for Z-Man Fishing Products

Hannah Solar Government Services has been selected to design and construct a 490-kW roof-mounted solar system for Z-Man Fishing Products in Ladson, South Carolina. Z-Man Fishing Products is a South Carolina-based fishing lure brand that supplies…

SunPower solar + storage systems now standard on new Woodside Homes communities in Northern California

U.S. homebuilder Woodside Homes has partnered with SunPower to offer the solar company’s solar + storage systems to owners and buyers in its Northern California communities. SunPower is now Woodside Homes’ exclusive solar and storage…

Enel Acquiring 3.2 GW Pipeline of Solar Projects from Dakota Renewable Energy

Georgios Papadimitriou Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2 GW portfolio of solar and solar-plus-storage projects from…

CIT Leads Financing for 150 MW Crane Solar Acquisition

Private investment firm Starwood Energy Group Global LLC has acquired the 150 MW Crane Solar project in Crane County, Texas, from…

New York Catholic high school soon home to 1.53-MW community solar project

The campus of Christ the King High School in Queens, New York will soon feature 1.53-MW of photovoltaic solar thanks to financing from Green Stream Holdings. The project was announced following a partnership with the state’s community solar…

Florida contractor creates ‘Solar Done Right’ residential plan review checklist

Castillo Engineering Services, a Florida solar and energy storage engineering firm, announced the launch of Solar Done Right, a movement to advance the quality and safety of solar designs and installations by having every set of solar plans…

Maxeon will release new AC module under SunPower brand name

Maxeon Solar Technologies is expanding its AC-module line with the launch of the Performance 3 AC panel. The new Performance 3 AC panel will be sold under the SunPower brand name to residential customers through authorized installation dealers…