Altus Power completes 1,672-kW rooftop solar system in Massachusetts
Altus Power is proud to announce the completion of a 1,672-kW rooftop-mounted solar energy system in Framingham, Massachusetts. The solar system is sited on the rooftops of the Shoppers World complex,...
View ArticleIngeteam collaborates with German electric vehicle organization
Ingeteam is partnering with Berlin-based CharIn organization to help grow fast charging systems for electric vehicles. CharIn (Charging Interface Initiative e.V.) was founded by Audi, BMW, Daimler,...
View ArticleNREL research pinpoints promise of polycrystalline perovskites
Mengjin Yang (left), Kai Zhu, Ye Yang, Matt Beard, David Moore and Elisa Miller are co-authors of a new paper in Nature Energy about perovskites. Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL A team of scientists...
View ArticleSolar array on Washington art museum helps it achieve LEED Gold rating
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art near Seattle has earned the vaunted LEED Gold environmental certification, making it the first new art museum in Washington state to achieve the Gold rating. The...
View ArticleAPsystems expands presence with Mexican office
APsystems has established a new office in Guadalajara, Mexico, to support regional sales, distribution and service. APsystems marked the expanded regional presence with a user conference for solar...
View ArticleHow module-level monitoring is advancing solar O&M
By Lior Handelsman, founder and vice president of marketing and product strategy for SolarEdge There has been a lot of industry discussion recently about how operation and maintenance and asset...
View ArticleUL tests smart inverters helping balance loads from rooftop solar
One way to enhance the viability of renewable energy sources is to create a more effective means to integrate them into the utility grid. Multiple resources, such as solar, wind, natural gas, nuclear...
View ArticleCanadian Solar sells 3 utility-scale solar plants to Fengate Real Asset...
Canadian Solar announced it has sold the outstanding shares of 3 utility-scale solar farm holding companies in Ontario: SSM 1 Solar ULC, SSM 2 Solar ULC, and SSM 3 Solar ULC. The portfolio adds up to...
View ArticleMJP International to distribute two new solar products
MJP International announced that it has placed an initial order for two new products from Shenzhen Hopepower Technology Co. The first product is a 13-W foldable solar panel with dual USB outputs that...
View ArticleTE Connectivity enclosure allows solar junction boxes to be shut down remotely
Smart enclosure from TE Connectivity allows integration of PCBs into solar panel solutions.(Source: TE Connectivity, PR095) TE Connectivity has introduced a smart junction box that enables printed...
View ArticleDairyland Power Cooperative/SoCore’s Wisconsin project wins Project of...
TRC, a recognized leader in engineering, environmental consulting and construction-management services, announced that SoCore Energy’s development of 18 MW of solar energy for Dairyland Power...
View ArticleSunCommon joins Sunpreme Channel Network
SunCommon, a Vermont-based solar installer, has joined Sunpreme Channel Network–a strategic partnership program designed to deliver the most advanced solar products and expertise to residential,...
View ArticleSolar+storage projects help keep California residential solar growing despite...
The market barriers to solar+storage in low-income communities are well known. Making matters worse in California, ten utilities have already hit their 5% peak demand limit on retail net metering for...
View ArticleWISE partners with SEI to empower women through solar training
Women in Solar Energy (WISE) and Solar Energy International (SEI) are working to train and empower more women in the solar energy workforce. This partnership will support SEI’s historical outreach...
View Article1 in 50 new U.S. jobs were in solar industry in 2016
The American solar workforce grew at a historic pace in 2016, a year when one out of every 50 new U.S. jobs was in the solar industry, according to the new National Solar Jobs Census 2016, the seventh...
View ArticleVaisala ships first units of new solar weather station
Vaisala has launched a new, ready-to-install solar weather station that provides all of the instrumentation required by solar project developers, operators and their engineering teams for best practice...
View ArticleUPS to invest $18 million in on-site solar at U.S. facilities
UPS announced plans to significantly escalate its investment in solar energy as an owner/operator of solar assets starting with at least eight of its facilities in the United States. The installations...
View ArticleSolar Wolf Energy partners with Dividend Solar for solar financing
Solar Wolf Energy announced that it has aligned themselves with solar financing organization Dividend Solar. “We have spoken with most of the major players in the finance space and felt like Dividend...
View Article13 projects that are helping make it easier for utilities to manage solar on...
Adding more solar energy to the grid is a key driver for transforming the grid from a centralized, static, rigid system to a more distributed, dynamic and flexible system, according to the Office of...
View ArticlePCI Solar completes project for AmeriPride
PCI Solar has completed installation and commissioning of a rooftop solar energy system for AmeriPride Services, a leading textile rental services and supply company in North America, at its Odessa,...
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