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Solar panel manufacturer SunSpark USA marks strong first year with 150 MW and...
Energized by contracts with leading solar installers on both U.S. coasts, solar module maker SunSpark USA forecasts over 30% growth in its power production for the coming year. That translates into...
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U.S. is expected to install 13 GW in 2016
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, forecasts global solar installations to reach 76 GW in 2016. Solar installations to hit 70 GW in 2017. Click here to...
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Boviet Solar, Spice Solar partner to provide vocational training in San Jose
Boviet Solar USA is collaborating with Spice Solar and the San Jose Conservation Corps and Charter School (SJCC&CS) to help train vocational students in solar system installation. Boviet Solar USA...
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Prices for fixed-tilt ground-mount and residential solar fell in last six months
According to GTM Research’s latest report, the U.S. PV Price Brief H2 2016, pricing for fixed-tilt ground-mount PV systems fell 17% in the past 6 months. Prices for residential PV systems fell 8.6% in...
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New hydrogen and fuel cells show to launch alongside SPI 2017 in Las Vegas
Deutsche Messe (DMAG) and its U.S. subsidiary, Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA), announce the launch of DMAG’s first-ever U.S.-based energy-themed trade show, Hydrogen + Fuel Cells North America. The show...
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Ingeteam offers new 100-kW three-phase string inverter in Egypt
Ingeteam is finalizing the launch of its new PV string inverter, which will make it possible to achieve a power output of 100 kWAC in a single, 75 kg unit. This inverter will be on show at the...
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Installation Notes: A solar oasis in the heart of San Antonio
When it comes to solar growth, it doesn’t get much hotter than San Antonio. The market ranked sixth nationally for metropolitan growth in 2015, and seventh for the spread of solar, setting the pace for...
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Baker Electric Solar-installed rooftop system to save company $24k
Baker Electric Solar, a full-service solar provider, designed and installed a 65.52-kW rooftop solar system for contingent workforce services firm TargetCW. The rooftop solar installation will produce...
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Soltec to supply tracking systems for 38-MW solar project in Navajo Nation
Soltec will supply 38 MW of its SF Utility Single-Axis Tracker in the landmark solar PV project at the Gateway to Monument Valley. Kayenta Monument Valley in Arizona is a scenic landscape and a...
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Innovative new coating provides 1.2% efficiency boost on triple junction...
MetaShield recently announced an independent research study indicating its proprietary MetaSOL nanotechnology coating can provide a 1.2% (absolute) efficiency boost for triple junction solar cells....
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SPW picks for the top solar product characteristics of 2016
This year, new consumer product features allow you to track your sleep, take a 3D deep sea dive in a shark cage and even toss digital confetti in birthday text messages. Likewise, new features of...
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Rosendin Electric wins award for Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center
Rosendin Electric, one of the nation’s largest private electrical contractors and an employee-owned company, has received a 2016 Project/Team Award from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) for...
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Fronius installs inverters in a former nuclear power plant in Austria
Fronius, the global quality leader for solar energy, has carried out a very special project in Zwentendorf, Austria: a photovoltaic system has been installed on the site of a former nuclear power plant...
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SolarEdge meets UL smart inverter requirements
SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announces that Intertek confirmed that samples of SolarEdge inverters were the first it...
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ABB introduces standardized IEC distribution transformers for solar farms
New range of energy efficient distribution transformer designs – pre-designed to complement ABB’s PVS980 standard solar inverter and compliant with IEC standards – provide quick quotations and...
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SPW announces winners of the 2016 Leadership In Solar Program
The Solar Power World team is pleased to announce the winners of our fifth annual Leadership In Solar Program. Since we announced the nominees in our January issue and online, our user community has...
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You don’t have to wait for Tesla, solar shingles are already here
After Tesla’s big (yet vague) announcement in October about manufacturing solar shingles, the non-solar media world was beside itself. “Finally!” they said. “What a great idea! This will transform the...
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Phono Solar delivers 90,000 panels for Georgia solar project
Phono Solar, a leading global provider of integrated solar solutions, today announced that the company has delivered 28 MWdc of 315-W 72-cell solar modules to Citizens Energy, a Boston-based...
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Powin Energy wins contract for energy storage system from the Clean Energy...
Powin Energy Corporation, a leading designer and developer of safe and scalable energy storage solutions for utilities, C&I, and EV fast-charging stations, announced today that the University of...
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Yaskawa – Solectria Solar inverters deployed in Vermont’s first...
Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, a U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that its PVI 28TL and PVI 36TL inverters have been deployed in two solar systems in Vermont that are the first to...
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