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AET’s Rayport-B ECO system selected for one of the nation’s largest rooftop...
Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, announces it was selected by Pro-Tech Energy Solutions to provide its Rayport-B ECO solar racking system...
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What are some common types of solar PV and storage installations?
In a recent webinar Elise Murphy, a system designer at Washington contractor Fire Mountain Solar, discussed grid-tied vs grid-interactive vs off-grid installations. Here’s a recap. You can watch the...
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Owens Corning, Exelon install 2.4-MW solar carport system
Owens Corning and Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, celebrated the completion of a 2.4-MWdc solar generation project at Owens Corning’s headquarters in Toledo. Located above 935...
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Hanwha Q CELLS USA to develop 170-MW solar project in Texas
Hanwha Q CELLS USA announced the signing of a 25-year power purchase agreement between Hanwha and Austin Energy, an electric utility serving more than 1 million residents in the Greater Austin area....
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Borrego Solar, sPower complete two solar projects on Long Island
sPower, a leading renewable energy provider, and Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a prominent designer, developer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, announced the...
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REC Solar completes Hawaii’s largest solar project at 12 MWac
REC Solar, a national leader in commercial solar and energy solutions, announced the interconnection of a 12-MWac (14.5-MWdc) solar array for Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). The...
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Suntech, Tigo partner on new smart solar module
Suntech has announced the introduction of a new smart solar module to its product portfolio. Officially unveiled in September, Suntech’s smart DC modules integrate the Tigo’s modular TS4 platform. The...
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Suniva powers Houston’s NRG Park
Suniva, Inc., a manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, with headquarters in metro-Atlanta and manufacturing facilities in Georgia and Michigan, announces that...
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Manufacturing gigawatts at home: Siva Power hopes to build production line in...
Siva Power has been quietly working, focusing on research and development for the least expensive thin-film modules available. But now it’s time to transition from R&D to production, and the...
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Schneider Electric’s Conext meets HECO’s TrOV-2 and frequency and voltage...
Schneider Electric Solar Business said its Conext XW+ 6848NA meets Hawaiian Electric Companies’ (HECO) rigorous “ultra-fast trip” Transient Over-Voltage (TrOV-2) and Frequency and Voltage Ride-Through...
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UGE International and OTEPI install commercial solar in Panama
UGE International, a leader in renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers, along with local partner OTEPI Renewables, completed the installation of solar energy systems for six...
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Hanwha Q CELLS proprietary cell achieves 19.1% efficiency
Hanwha Q CELLS Co. and 1366 Technologies have jointly achieved cell efficiency gains of 1.4% using 1366’s Direct Wafer products in only seven months’ time. Both companies have formed a strategic...
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Contractors Corner: CBS Solar, Copemish, Michigan
Michigan is a bit of a sleeper in the solar market. It’s not posting spectacular numbers (it was ranked 32nd nationally, based on 2014 installed solar capacity), but it is starting to grow. Grand...
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Lufft’s new weather sensor is equipped with lightning detection
The WS800 is the latest product in the Lufft weather-sensor family and can detect lightning strikes. Lightning strikes can cause dangerous fires and lead to significant financial losses in the case of...
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Global market for integrated smart and AC solar modules to surpass 1 GW by 2020
Integrated smart and AC modules will occupy a growing share of the microinverter and DC optimizer market, according to GTM Research’s latest report, Smart and AC PV Modules 2015-2020: Technologies,...
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Suntech and Tigo introduce creative energy optimization to the solar market
Suntech has announced today the introduction of a new smart solar module to its product portfolio. Officially unveiled in September, Suntech’s smart DC modules integrate the Tigo’s modular TS4...
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GRID Alternatives, Inland Empire and SunPower kick off national education...
40 Inland Empire high school students received hands-on training and helped install rooftop solar electric systems on four affordable homes over two days as part of the Solar Futures program, a...
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Rolling out smart solar inverters: New report
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have released a new white paper, “Rolling Out Smart Inverters,” that provides an overview of how four U.S....
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SMA surpasses 7.5 GW of NA installed inverter capacity
SMA has affirmed its status as the preferred PV inverter solutions provider in North America by reaching 7.5 GW of installed inverter capacity. Leading researchers calculate the U.S. installed base to...
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Next Step Living claims 11,000 individual contracts for community solar...
Massachusetts continues its leadership in clean energy alternatives as Bay State residents are signing up for community solar at an unprecedented rate, says Next Step Living, which has seen...
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