Intersolar Announces Conference Agenda
Intersolar North America, the most attended industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals, recently revealed its full conference agenda, developed with CALSEIA and other...
View ArticleILSCO Expands Neutral Bar Product Offering
ILSCO celebrates 120 years of service to the industry in 2014 and continues to strive to meet the needs of customers. With this in mind, ILSCO has expanded our offering to include Neutral Bar Copper...
View ArticleSungrow Power Supply Expects Continued Strong Demand In 2014
Sungrow Power Supply Co., a Chinese solar PV inverter manufacturer, expects global demand for both central and string inverters to remain strong during 2014. Sungrow experienced strong shipment and...
View ArticleUS Installed 1330MW Of Solar PV In Q1 2014
Driven by strong year-over-year growth in the utility and residential markets, the United States installed 1,330 MW of solar PV in the first quarter of 2014. According to GTM Research and the Solar...
View ArticleTigo Energy’s SMART Module Platform Can Be Modeled In PV*SOL
Tigo Energy, power optimizer manufacturer and smart module technology company, recently announced that the newest release of PV*SOL premium includes new capabilities to model Tigo’s SMART Module...
View ArticleSolectria Introduces New String Combiner
Solectria Renewables, recently introduced its new ARCCOM, a disconnecting string combiner with integrated Arc Fault Detection and Interruption (AFDI). Solectria Renewables is the first and only...
View ArticleSolar Works For Habitat For Humanity In Washington
The Harris Court development in Port Orchard, Wash., will fulfill Habitat’s mission of providing safe, decent housing and a lower power bill. Thanks to Habitat’s partnership with local solar providers,...
View ArticleRenusol And Pura EnergiaPR Complete Solar Installation In Puerto Rico
Renusol America and Pura EnergiaPR, a leading PV solar designer and installer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, recently announced the completion of a 60 kW solar installation in Moca, Puerto Rico. Faced...
View ArticleJune 21 National Day Of Action: #PutSolarOnIt
On June 21, a coalition of groups will come together in a National Day of Action, dubbed #PutSolarOnIt, to show support for switching to clean energy, fighting climate change and the power of bringing...
View ArticleSolar Speaks: Is Principal Solar Ready To Take Off?
Two weeks ago, Principal Solar announced it had reached the financial critical mass it needed to purchase and finance multiple solar projects, which fits into its overall strategy to become a...
View Article2014 Trends: Solar Silicon Panels
Rumors of silicon panels’ demise, thanks to plummeting silicon prices that rendered manufacturers incapable of making a profit, were greatly exaggerated, as the number of installed silicon panels...
View ArticleSolar Star Projects’ One Millionth PV Module Installed
MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables, and SunPower have installed the one millionth photovoltaic module at the Solar Star development, which is now delivering more than 170 MW to...
View Article2014 Trends: Solar Sloped Roof Mounting
As with other types of solar mounting, sloped-roof mounting manufacturers are providing systems with integrated bonding architecture. Systems are also coming with fewer independent parts. Manufacturers...
View Article2014 Trends: Solar Ground Mounting
RBI Solar reports a trend toward steel structures on ground mounted arrays. The strength of steel allows for more cost effective structures that meet the demands of challenging geographic areas with...
View ArticleFirst Solar Sells Project To NextEra Energy
First Solar completed the sale of the 250-megawatt (MW) AC Silver State South Solar Project to a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Silver State South...
View ArticleStorage System Saves Hotel 50% In Demand Charges Annually
Santa Monica’s eco-chic Shore Hotel has chosen to install power saving technology by Green Charge Networks, which will save the hotel an estimated 50% in demand charges annually. GreenStationTM, an...
View ArticleCanadian Solar Powers S.C.’s First Solar Farm
Canadian Solar, a global solar power company, was selected to power South Carolina’s first solar farm. The Colleton Solar Farm, located near Walterboro, S.C., is owned and operated by TIG Energy I, a...
View ArticleSunPower Caps Two South African Solar Projects
SunPower Corp., a global solar technology and energy services company, and AE-AMD Renewable Energy, a joint venture between the Spanish AMDA energía and the South African Alt-E Technologies, as well as...
View ArticleOhio Company Uses Extra Space For Solar
Ohio-based contractor Melink Corporation recently developed and installed a solar energy system on property owned by Rexnord Industries that is estimated to produce more than 4 million kWh annually....
View ArticleWhat Is A Value Of Solar Tariff (VOST)? Does VOST=FiT?
Yann Brandt is the managing editor of Solar Wakeup and co-founder/EVP of Development for Demeter Power. This article first appeared on SolarWakeup.com. It is reprinted here with permission. We thought...
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