From SPI: Certification Labs Say Some Systems Are Challenged By Fire Tests
New UL 1703 fire testing requirements are proving to be a challenge for some kinds of solar installations. So say experts at Intertek and TUV Rheinland PTL, two of the main independent labs now...
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Award-Winner Photos: 2014 Top Solar Contractors Gala
Solar Power World held the 2014 Top 400 Solar Contractor’s Gala Monday night at the ARIA Resort and Casino, where more than 200 contractors gathered for a night of networking, dinner, awards and...
View ArticleRadian Generation Provides Solar Asset Management For 65 MW In Canada
Radian Generation, a provider of ongoing solar asset management and advisory services, has entered into an agreement with affiliates of DIF (www.dif.eu), an independent fund management company with an...
View ArticleMosaic Announces $100 Million Investment Facility With PartnerRe
Mosaic, a peer-to-peer solar finance company, announced that an affiliate of global reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd.will provide up to $100 million in financing for Mosaic’s home solar loan program. Under the...
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Enphase Offers Energy Management System And Enters Into Solar Storage
Enphase Energy, announced the Enphase Energy Management System for energy management that delivers on the vision of enabling large-scale implementation of solar power integrated with the grid. The...
View ArticleSEIA Launches Campaign To Extend Solar ITC
Calling it “critically important to America’s future,” the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) launched a national campaign to extend the 30% solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) past 2016 by...
View ArticleStorage Used For For Peak Shaving And Voltage Support In Remote Areas
S&C Electric Company was awarded a contract by Ergon Energy, an Australian utility, to provide 20 S&C PureWave Community Energy Storage Systems for the utility’s Grid Utility Support Systems...
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Solectria Renewables Enhances Its Transformerless Solar Inverters
Solectria Renewables introduces installation accessories for the PVI 3800-7600TL and PVI 14-36TL transformerless inverters. The value-add accessories reduce overall installation costs and time. The new...
View ArticleSoft Cost Reduction Through Power Electronics
In an increasingly cost-competitive solar market, residential solar installers are capturing higher profit margins and lowering costs through their choice of power electronics, as reported in a new...
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Mandalay Bay Gets 6.2 Megawatts
Some fliers landing at the Las Vegas airport will see a view of Mandalay Bay that looks much like this rendering. A 6.2-MW array includes components from Unirac, JA Solar, Hanwha QCELLS and SMA...
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Findings On Solar Irriadiance Demonstrate Need For Long-Term Data
Solar Performance Maps of the United States, recently released by Vaisala, reveal considerable solar irradiance variability during the summer months, even in desert locations, such as Nevada....
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S&C Deploys 150-kW Storage System For PJM Market
PureWave Community Energy Storage System S&C Electric Company recently deployed six 25-kW PureWave Community Energy Storage (CES) systems at its global headquarters in Chicago. The 150-kW energy...
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ModSolar Presents Software Platform At Greenbuild Conference & Expo
ModSolar is presenting their platform and services at 2014 Greenbuild Conference and Expo, Wednesday, October 22nd and Thursday, October 23rd at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The team...
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Siemens M250 Microinverters Result In Net-Zero Consumption
Siemens, in partnership with 1st Light Energy, has installed its M250 solar microinverters and VersiCharge universal electric vehicle (EV) charging unit for residential use, resulting in a...
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Understanding What California Rule 21 Means For Solar Inverters
As inverter manufactures complete preparations for complying with NEC 2014, another rule, and amending standards to fulfill it, are right around the corner. Here’s a brief explanation of what’s coming...
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UL Presents Four Posters During SPI
We’ve always been fascinated by the poster sections of trade shows. When we heard that UL (Underwriters Laboratories) was presenting four posters at SPI, we asked them to share what you could have...
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Zilla Introduces Next Generation Solar Roof Mount At SPI
The Zilla Phantom XL Zilla Corporation has developed what it calls the “next generation” of solar mounting systems, the Phantom XL System. A pitched roof flush mount system that attaches directly to...
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Interesting Sights From SPI
Executive Editor Lee Teschler took to the SPI show floor with his camera and captured several sights he found particularly interesting. A compact way of tracking the sun Most PV tracking systems use...
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Solar Grid Storage Awarded SunShot Initiative Incubator Funding
Solar Grid Storage has been awarded U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Incubator funding of $968,120 aimed at streamlining solar storage interactivity with the grid and accelerating...
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Locus Energy And Swinerton Partner On Solar Monitoring and Analytics
Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar PV market, recently announced that Swinerton Renewable Energy, a turnkey engineering, procurement and construction...
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