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SEIA names Abigail Hopper as new CEO

As pv magazine reported three weeks ago, SEIA officially announced that Abby Hopper, will start her duties at SEIA on Jan. 17. Hopper previously served as the head of the Maryland Energy Association and was an energy advisor to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, during whose administration Maryland developed a progressive solar policy.

Off Grid Electric secures $7.5 million in debt financing

The California-based provider of off-grid solar power in Africa rounded off an excellent 2016 for the company with a further $7.5 million in debt financing and a partnership with Rwanda’s national utility company, off the back of further expansion plans across Africa.

The solar coaster: pv magazine USA’s 2016 year in review

With massive market growth, the bankruptcy of SunEdison and the election of a pro-coal climate denier as president, 2016 really was the best and the worst of times.

Alencon Systems Begins Shipping SPOT V4 DC-DC Optimizer

Hatboro, PA-based Alencon has begun distribution of its String Power Optimizer, or SPOT, which it calls “the PV industry’s most powerful and versatile DC-DC optimizer for large commercial and utility scale applications.”

New Jersey solar market slows down in H2 2016

After installing 198 MW in the first six months of the year, New Jersey’s solar market appears to have declined substantially in the final months of 2016.

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AlionEnergy Readies New Tracker First Install

Richmond, CA-based AlionEnergy expects the first commercial installation of its new tracker system as early as February.

Scatec sells off its last U.S. solar plant

The Norwegian developer and EPC has closed on the sale of the 104 MW-DC Utah Red Hills plant to Macquarie.

MIT report questions value of distributed solar

The Utility of the Future report decries poor state-level rate-making, mythical cross-subsidies by non-solar customers, and economies of scale as reasons that adding more distributed PV to utilities’ portfolios make little long-term economic sense.

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Rio Grande Renewables Completes Solar+Storage Microgrid in Costa Rica

Albuquerque-based Rio Grande Renewables has complete what is being call the largest microgrid in Central America, a 276 kW/500 kW PV+storage project in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

BREAKING: SEIA expected to name Abigail Hopper as new CEO

The reported choice to lead SEIA served as the head of the Maryland Energy Association and was an energy advisor to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, during whose administration Maryland developed a progressive solar policy.

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