Future Of Solar Hot Topic At SunPower Headquarters
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Stanford scholar Jeffrey Ball recently spoke at the SunPower headquarters in San Jose; Mayor Reed spoke of his “Green Vision” campaign and Ball discussed solar relations...
View ArticleSolar O&M Tools for the Solar Investor
By Glenna Wiseman, Solar Power World Contributor Solar plant owners and investors face a daunting task calibrating all the levers of solar asset ownership to reap a strong ROI. Our dialogue related...
View ArticleSolectria Renewables Adds To Its Transformerless Residential Solar Inverter...
Solar PV inverter manufacturer Solectria Renewables introduces three new transformerless residential solar inverters, adding 5.2kW, 6.6kW and 7.6kW inverters to its existing product line. The complete...
View ArticleDevelop A Proposal In 5 Minutes With enACT Platform
Solar and energy efficiency installers and developers spend up to 30% of their revenue in sales and customer acquisition costs, says enACT Systems. To reduce transaction costs and connect providers to...
View ArticlePercium Solar Cells Go Into Mass Production
JA Solar, manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, recently started mass production of its Percium Solar Cell. The Percium solar cell, is the first P-TYPE solar cell in the industry to...
View ArticleFirst Wind Marks Start Of Commercial Operations At Massachusetts Solar Project
First Wind hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its 14 MW (AC) Warren Solar project. Pictured (from left-to-right): Commissioner Mark Sylvia, Massachusetts Department of...
View ArticleFronius Update: Solar Summit, Configurator And Trainings
Here is what solar inverter manufacturer Fronius has been up to this quarter: Fronius Discusses Sustainability At GTM Solar Summit Thomas Enzendorfer, Director of Solar Energy at Fronius USA, recently...
View ArticlePower Cheese, Shade Goats: Dairy Farm Goes Solar
Old Windmill Dairy owners, Michael and Ed Lobaugh are committed to being a truly sustainable farm with a small carbon footprint, and have a simple reason for going solar: dairies have huge electricity...
View ArticleWebinar: When Did Solar Monitoring Start To Matter?
Live webinar is Wednesday, July 16 at 2 PM Eastern. Solar installations have increased dramatically in the past five years, both in size and number. Consequently, solar contractors and other industry...
View ArticleGM Adds 3 Acres Of Solar Arrays In Michigan
General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. The company’s processing center in Swartz Creek and engine plant in Flint will feature...
View ArticleSunPower And KB Homes Partner On Solar Energy Storage
SunPower announced a new collaboration with its longtime partner KB Home to install energy storage solutions at certain KB Home locations in California as part of a pilot program. SunPower currently...
View ArticleSolectria Renewables Solar Inverters To Power 22 MW In Massachusetts
4.8 MW and 3.6 MW arrays in Franklin, MA Solar inverter manufacturer Solectria Renewables says that IESI (Innovative Engineering Solutions, Inc.) has chosen to use its inverters in seven projects in...
View ArticleSunLink Offers Modular Solar Racking System
SunLink Corporation has launched Precision-Modular RMS, the newest addition to its aluminum Precision RMS solar racking family. In addition to superior layout flexibility, Precision-Modular offers the...
View ArticleVikram Solar Increases Footprint In Middle East And North Africa Region
Vikram Solar’s ELDORA MICRO SERIES18/36 Cell Polycrystalline PV Module Vikram Solar, Indian manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, has recently entered into a distributorship agreement...
View ArticleSnapNrack At Intersolar North America 2014
SnapNrack, manufacturer of solar panel racking systems owned by Sunrun, will exhibit at Intersolar North America in San Francisco this year. The SnapNrack team will be at booth 9533, ready to share...
View ArticleApplied Energy Technologies Features Solar Inverter Mounting Kit At Intersolar
AET (Applied Energy Technologies) launches its Rayport-I, an innovative Solar Inverter Mounting Kit for string inverters. After identifying a growing need in the solar market for an inverter racking...
View ArticleRapid Shutdown Now Available In All SolarEdge Inverters
SolarEdge’s inverter-embedded rapid shutdown functionality eliminates additional roof mounted devices. The functionality required by NEC 2014 690.12 Rapid Shutdown is now available in all of...
View ArticleHeadset Factory In Mexico Gets 1.16MW Solar Array
Platronics, an audio-headset factory in Tijuana, Mexico, is now home to the largest, privately owned roof-mounted solar installation in Latin America. The 1.16-MW system features solar panels, racking...
View ArticleS&C Rapidly Completes Collection-Point Substation For Solar Farm In Hawaii
Connecting renewable energy plants to the grid is vital for U.S. states like Hawaii that have renewable portfolio standards. Hawaii aims to have renewable energy sources provide 40 percent of the...
View Article8minutenergy Renewables, City Of Palo Alto Utilities Sign 27-Year PPA
8minutenergy Renewables recently signed a 27-year contract to sell 25 MW of clean, renewable solar energy from its Hayworth Solar Farm project in Kern County, Calif., to the City of Palo Alto...
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