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Commercial Solar Guy News:
Solar Power International 2019: Conference Highlights
Happy Tuesday folks! This week we have a special report from the Solar Power International (SPI) conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Our Commercial Solar Guy attended and spoke at a roundtable discussion on behalf of PV Magazine. As far as trade shows are concerned, it...
Rhode Island solar installation inspections reveal common issues
Hello readers! This week in your solar news update, we look at the recent Rhode Island solar installation inspections and what we can learn from them. Here's the deal: National Grid's Renewable Energy Growth program contracted with the Cadmus Group to inspect 100...
Is it becoming more affordable to operate and maintain solar?
Happy Tuesday! We're back with your weekly solar industry highlights. At the PV Operations Conference in Dallas, Robb Wilson of sPower gave a presentation showing how solar power operations and maintenance costs have declined in recent years. His presentation is...
Are energy efficiency programs truly valuable? The Total Value Test seeks to find out.
Hey folks, this is Sarah with your solar industry highlights from the past week. One development worth noting-- the Brattle Group has published a True Value Test, aimed at determining the true economic value of energy-efficient programs and development. This could...
Best in Solar: Weekly Roundup
Greetings and welcome to the workweek! Here's your best in solar, a weekly roundup of Commercial Solar Guy's reporting from the previous week. This week we see solar and wind continuing their trend towards world dominance: Indiana spurns a gas plant proposal in favor...
Best in Solar: Weekly Roundup
Hello and happy Tuesday! Here's your weekly roundup of the best in Commercial Solar Guy's industry reporting. In this week, we see North Carolina taking an important step to green its electric grid by releasing a draft clean energy plan. Moving further north,...