ILSCO offers a neutral bar adapter
ILSCO offers its latest connector is a neutral bar adapter, Type NBST. This adapter enables retro-fits on already installed neutral bars or solar nodes. The seamless stabs provide a dual current path...
View ArticleMegaCell can now produce bifacial 300-W solar modules with 60 cells
Thanks to the recent high efficiency achievements of the BiSoN Cell with 5.17 W on the front side, produced at MegaCell’s Italian factory and equipped with four busbars, it is now possible to produce a...
View ArticleMegger raises $7,500 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation
Pictured left to right are Graeme Thomson, Megger VP Sales US Distribution; Judi Santana, PCH Foundation; David Danner, Megger National Distribution Manager; and Rick Bieber, Megger VP North America...
View ArticleSolar Speaks: How a Princeton student found his way into solar storage
We spoke with President of Princeton Power Darren Hammell, who started his solar storage company in his dorm room. The company now celebrates 15 years. Hammell shares what has made Princeton Power...
View ArticleThree solar canopies complete at Daytona International Speedway
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Daytona International Speedway (DIS) announced the completion of the FPL Solar Circuit, a system of more than 7,000 solar panels that generate electricity...
View ArticleHow to seamlessly install a solar inverter
By: Emmitt Muckles, lead trainer at Fronius’ Lead Trainer A group of solar installers are having lunch at a solar convention, shooting the breeze and swapping project stories. Sooner or later, the...
View ArticleContractors Corner: Tennessee Solar Solutions
When Tennessee Solar Solutions formed nine years ago, there wasn’t a lot of competition out there. “In 2007, in our area, solar wasn’t big,” said Anthony Roden, president. “I was one of the first...
View ArticleInfographic: The rising affordability of solar power
SolarTech, a California-based solar design and installation company, shared the following infographic with us to illustrate the rising affordability of solar power. Solar Power World
View ArticleU.S. solar market breaks record by installing 7.3 GW of PV in 2015
In yet another record-breaking year, the solar industry in the United States installed 7,286 MW of solar photovoltaics (PV) in 2015. GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)...
View ArticleSunPower by EmPower Solar recognized for excellence in customer service and...
SunPower by EmPower Solar, who was recently named the only SunPower Master Dealer on Long Island, has earned two awards this month that reflect the company’s consistently high level of customer service...
View ArticleFive strategies to help installers build a solar workforce
By Erika Symmonds, Director of Workforce Development, GRID Alternatives America’s solar industry needs workers–the National Solar Jobs Census forecasts industry employment will grow 14% in 2016....
View ArticleJinkoSolar to offer residential solar financing
JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. will begin offering residential solar financing to its customers through the GreenSky Program in the United States. Installers who purchase JinkoSolar PV modules can now register...
View ArticleSolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes storage plant delivers power on demand
On the heels of the historic climate agreement reached by global leaders at COP21 in Paris, SolarReserve is answering the call to curb climate change with breakthrough solar energy storage technology...
View ArticleQ&A with MODsolar: How solar installers can integrate solar sales software...
Mike Dershowitz, founder and managing director of solar software platform MODsolar MODsolar is a solar software and service company providing design, proposal, contract and transaction software to the...
View ArticleFirst Solar establishes new world record for CdTe efficiency
First Solar announced it has established yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 22.1% efficiency certified at the...
View ArticleGRID Alternatives receives 57-kW donation from JinkoSolar
JinkoSolar Holding Co. has donated 57 kW to GRID Alternatives, a national non-profit organization that makes solar power and solar job training accessible to underserved communities. JinkoSolar’s...
View ArticleImproving the solar installation process, starting at the sale
By Paul Grana and Paul Gibbs, co-founders, Folsom Labs A successful installation doesn’t begin when the crew arrives—it starts at first communication with the potential customer, setting the right...
View ArticleWhat is UL 3703?
NEXTracker’s NX Horizon at a 1.1-MW array in Huron, California. UL 3703 certification ensures that a solar tracker has met the stringent safety requirements of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70. It...
View ArticleAET will offer dealer kits of ground-mounted racking product
Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a manufacturer of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, announces it has expanded its ECO line of products with its Rayport-G ECO Ground Mount Dealer Kit....
View ArticleKey Equipment Finance partners with Trinity Solar on $1.2 million solar...
Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), announced it has partnered with Trinity Solar, a major retailer and...
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