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Solar Speaks: Considerations For Landfill Solar
Joe Harrison, Borrego Solar Systems Installing solar on landfills is a growing trend. What better way to re-purpose all that available space, right? Solar can be a great way to generate a profit from...
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Spotlight On Solar CenTex: Q&A With CEO Scot Arey
CEO Howard “Scot” Arey serves on the Texas Solar Energy Society board of directors and was elected its Chairman through 2015. Solar Power World spoke with Howard “Scot” Arey, founder and CEO of Solar...
View ArticleAerocompact Expects Faster Lead Times And More Competitive Pricing With U.S....
Aerocompact by SST Solar USA is in the process of opening a manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Aerocompact will be available as a 100% U.S.-made product after October 2014. The new plant in...
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Perovskite: Next Big Thing In Thin-Film Solar Cells?
A new kind of chemistry could cut costs and boost efficiency in thin-film PV. Lee Teschler, Executive Editor, has more than 35 years of experience writing about electrical engineering. By Leland...
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Kyocera Ranks As Performance Leader In Research Report
GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard reported Kyocera Solar as the only solar module manufacturer to rank as a Performance Leader in all six categories in independent testing by PV...
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Solar Connectors From Different Manufactures Together
By: Brian Mills, Product Manager of Photovoltaics for Multi-Contact North America The practice of claiming one’s PV connector is acceptable for cross-mating to that of another company’s connector has...
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Which Generating Technology Has The Greatest Advantage?
Photo Courtesy of Dirk Jordan, NREL Staff In a perfect world, all solar generating technology would work together to form an alliance to challenge conventional energy as well as competing renewable...
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What Will Be The Best Way In 2015 To Fund Solar Projects?
While 2015 looks to be another good year for solar, there are several variables we need to watch that could have significant long-term effects on the industry on the financing side. It’s no secret that...
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Clean Solar Named To Inc. 5000 List Of Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Clean Solar is the largest residential solar installation company in the Bay Area. Along with custom solutions, Clean Solar offers many financial options including $0 down and PACE. The company is a...
View ArticleArray Technologies Supplying Trackers For 24-MW Western Blue Sky Ranch
Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and leading turnkey solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Rosendin Electric, have joined together to bring a 24 MW DuraTrack HZ solar tracking...
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Italian Car Dealer Cuts Electricity Costs With Hanwha Q CELLS Modules
Italian car dealer Autostar Spa is banking on self-consumption of solar electricity as a 100 kW photovoltaic system on approximately 700 sq. meters of the company’s roof was recently connected to the...
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Landfills Provide Green Opportunities For Solar Development
Landfills can be great sites for solar, as long as attention is given to certain considerations unique to these projects. A 3-MW solar array on capped landfill makes Scituate, MA the first town in The...
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ReneSola’s Testing Laboratory Joins SATELLITE Program
The ReneSola Jiangsu Product Center Laboratory recently joined SATELLITE, a global data acceptance program administered by Intertek, a quality solutions provider to industries worldwide. As an...
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Chint Power Systems America Partners With Texas Homeless Shelter
Chint Power Systems America, a solar inverter manufacturer, has formed an agreement with non-profit organization Wichita Falls Faith Mission in Wichita Falls, Texas. The mission’s shelter for women...
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Why Is Networking Important In A Solar Project?
Photo Courtesy of Moxa Americas From utility-grade to residential solar installations, networking infrastructures are the keys to a good monitoring system. This, in turn, will affect the efficiency of...
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Xcel, CEC Open Two New Community Solar Facilities In Denver
Access to renewable energy just got easier for individuals and business that use electricity in Denver. Officials from Xcel Energy, the EPA and the Colorado State Land Board joined community solar...
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Park Avenue Coffee Powered By Microgrid Solar Installation
Park Avenue Coffee CEO Dale Schotte (left) and Marketing Director Talan Cooksey (right) Park Avenue Coffee opened their newest and greenest cafe, located at 5105 Columbia Avenue on The Hill, in April....
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Yingli Solar Supplies Modules For Large-Scale U.K. Projects
Yingli Solar, a large vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer partnered with renewable energy developer Push Energy to supply its multicyrstalline modules for four large-scale PV...
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JinkoSolar Signs 100 MW Agreement With Local Government
JinkoSolar, a global solar PV provider, signed project investment agreements with the local government of Hengfeng county in Jiangxi Province to develop totally 100 MW PV projects. Jinko Power will own...
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REC Group Signs Panel Agreements Totaling 85 MW
REC Group recently signed solar panel supply agreements totaling 85 MW with a major U.S. engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company for utility-scale projects in the United States. The...
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