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Contractors: Check Your Solar Labeling With This Guide
IBTS is a non-profit that provides impartial building code compliance services directly to, or on behalf of, government agencies at all levels. The organization developed the below document to verify...
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Solar Wars: Companies Follow The Footsteps Of Pepsi And Coke
By: Christopher Doyle, Solar Power World Contributor Solar Leasing and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have had a good run over the past three years, serving as the industry workhorse and paving the...
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Trends And Challenges Of Solar Inverters
Microinverters and Power Optimizers Most manufacturers agree: reliability is the most critical challenge of the solar industry and paramount to its long-term success, particularly because these devices...
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Enphase Australian Distribution Network Expands Into Wholesale Solar
Enphase Energy has partnered with Solar + Solutions, a subsidiary of electrical distribution heavyweight, L&H Group. The Solar + Solutions partnership adds a significant route to market for Enphase...
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Samil Power Partners With meteocontrol On Solar
Samil Power, an international manufacturer of inverters, describes its partnership with meteocontrol as a move to focus on the development and global distribution system of inverters. Meteocontrol...
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2014 Trends: Batteries And Storage
By Frank Andorka, Editorial Director Nearly everyone agrees that the key to even more widespread solar adoption is the advent of breakthrough storage developments. At a time when other technologies —...
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Solmetric Offers New 30-A PV Analyzer
The Solmetric PV Analyzer is well suited for use during commissioning, auditing, troubleshooting and ongoing O&M. Solmetric has released an new version of their PV Analyzer product. This new I-V...
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Eastman Launches Therminol Heat Transfer Fluids Site
Eastman Chemical Company launched its Eastman Therminol heat transfer fluids website. The new website is a valuable resource for engineers, technology licensors, and original equipment manufacturers,...
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2014 Trends: Solar Thin Film
Could thin-film solar panels be making a comeback? If you believe the whispers in the hallways at conferences, the answer may well be yes. First, a quick overview of the thin-film market as it stands...
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SolarCity And Groupon Offer First Of Its Kind Deal On Solar Power
In an effort to make sustainability more affordable than ever, Groupon and SolarCity have created the first online offer of its kind for solar power systems. Groupon will work with SolarCity,the...
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2014 Trends: Solar Hot Water
Solar thermal energy, or solar water heating, is a cost-effective, eco-friendly way to generate hot water through solar panels, working in conjunction with a heating system. The concept isn’t new —...
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2014 Trends: Solar Tracking
Over the past few years, the use of solar trackers has become more mainstream and accepted by the solar industry. Quality-built and smartly designed trackers have all but eliminated perceived risks of...
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Power Electronics Launches Freesun HEC+ Inverters
Power Electronics recently launched Freesun HEC+, the second generation of their Freesun HEC outdoor modular and redundant inverters. The utility-scale, 1000 Vdc class inverters range from 400 kVA to...
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OneRoof Energy And Choose Energy Offer Bundled Product
OneRoof Energy, a subsidiary of OneRoof Energy Group, along with energy comparison shopping provider Choose Energy, recently introduced SolarSelect to the Massachusetts deregulated energy markets...
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CEC Breaks Ground On 4 New Colorado Solar Facilities
Clean Energy Collective (CEC) recently broke ground on four new community solar facilities in Denver that will make an additional 1.7 MW of local renewable energy production available to Xcel Energy...
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Device Finds The Fault Before It’s A Risk
Synapse Wireless recently released its newest solar technology: an ARC Fault solution integrated within Shoals’ wireless Smart Combiner Box (SMB) solutions that detects faults before they become a...
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CUI Introduces New Modular Encoder Series
CUI recently introduced the AMT11 modular encoder series targeted at industrial applications subject to vibration and contaminants, such as dust, dirt and oil, that typically stop optical encoders from...
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First Solar Launches 2 New PV Products
First Solar recently launched its modular AC Power Block solar power plant solution and its next generation Series 4 thin film PV module. Built for power plant owners and developers seeking to minimize...
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Xcel Energy And SunPower To Build 50MW Plant In Colorado
Xcel Energy and SunPower have signed a power purchase agreement to build a 50 MW solar PV power plant in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Xcel Energy estimates that the plant will generate enough...
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SunEdison Introduces Silvantis R-Series Solar Module
SunEdison, a solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, recently introduced the Silvantis R-series solar module. The Silvantis R-series increases solar module efficiency via...
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