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A Close-Up On Solar Inverter Testing
Solar inverter manufacturers must test products effectively to meet safety, grid connection, performance and certification requirements, as well as reliability expectations. By Fred Zhu, TÜV Rheinland...
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Mercatus Aims To Accelerate Solar Securitizations
Mercatus, an enterprise level investment analysis and decision making platform for solar energy investors, has formally adopted the Solar Access to Public Capital (SAPC) Working Group standard contract...
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Solar Speaks: What Distributors Can Do For Solar
Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers in their own words. We spoke with Jonathan...
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Kyocera Invests In Solar Projects Valued At $38M
Kyocera Solar recently announced plans to invest in a tax equity partnership for the development of solar PV projects valued at $38 million in New York, leveraging the 30% federal energy investment tax...
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Commentary: Can We Sustain The Industry Sans Long-Term Field Service?
Brian Lydic is a standards and technology integration engineer at Fronius USA. He can be reached at lydic.brian@fronius.com. When customers invest in a PV system, they often expect 25 to 30 years of...
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RadianGEN Provides Services To Dominion
Radian Generation (RadianGEN), a provider of solar asset management (solarAM) and consulting services to project owners and investors, announced today that it provided technical and project diligence...
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Top Solar Contractor Completes Santa Fe Community College Installation
Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has maintained an extensive commitment to renewable energy since crafting a strategic plan in 2006 calling for the adoption of sustainable practices...
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Canadian Solar to Supply 43MW of Solar Modules in Japan
Canadian Solar, a global solar power company, today announced that it has been awarded a module supply agreement to provide 43MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules to the second largest solar power plant...
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LEGOLAND Florida Runs On Solar
LEGOLAND Florida and Tampa Electric partner to make the 150-acre theme park run completely on renewable energy for the day in celebration of Earth Day – the first theme park to do so in the United...
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TerraSmart Selected For 4.2 MW Ground Mount Project
TerraSmart, a leading turn-key ground mount racking provider, was selected for a 4.2 MW ground mount pv-system in Tolland, Massachusetts. The project was awarded to TerraSmart for its proven, reliable...
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4-MW Project Completed In Mass. Using GameChange Pour-in-Place System
GameChange Racking has announced the completion of a 4-MW project in Massachusetts that utilized the GameChange Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System. Andrew Worden, CEO for GameChange Racking said:...
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SolarWorld Signs Supply Agreement With PetersenDean
SolarWorld, a U.S. solar manufacturer for nearly 40 years, and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest privately held roofing and solar company, partnered to offer homeowners an affordable path to solar...
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SunEdison Closes on 20 MW Adobe Solar Plant
SunEdison, a solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, interconnected a 20 MW AC (alternating current) solar plant in Kern County, Calif. The project, known as the Adobe...
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SunPower Corp. Systems Planned For Five Pajaro Schools
Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) and SunPower Corp. announced the planned installation of 1.2-megawatts of high efficiency SunPower solar power systems at five district schools. Pajaro...
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Webinar: Solar Panels – The Next Evolution
Live webinar is Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Solar panel prices have plummeted over the past five years, making solar installations more affordable than ever. But the technology of...
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Trina Solar Announces Grid Connection for 23.8 MW PV Projects in UK
Trina Solar, a global photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions, and services, announced two of its PV power plants in the United Kingdom have successfully completed connection to the grid. Trina is an...
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2014 Trends: Solar Project Services
Photo courtesy of Assurant As the solar market grows, additional services to navigate and protect solar projects are becoming increasingly important. Here are short summaries of how a few can help....
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2014 Solar Grant Available For Albuquerque Non-Profits
Along with partner and equipment supplier ReneSola, Solar Power World Top 250 Contractor Positive Energy Solar announces an annual grant competition for a solar system to an Albuquerque non profit is...
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SMA’s Sunny Portal Reaches 100 Terawatt Hours
Sunny Portal Displays the 100 TWh Achievement-Photo courtesy of SMA America and SMA Canada SMA’s Sunny Portal has reached 100 terawatt hours (TWh) of solar energy monitoring on Earth Day. This...
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2014 Trends: Central Solar Inverters
Photo courtesy of Ingeteam Utility-scale solar, which commonly uses central inverters, is a whole different ballgame from residential and commercial solar. Central inverters face different demands from...
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