ABB Reveals New Products For Solar Market At SPI
At SPI 2014, ABB announced the introduction of a new line of 1500 Vdc rated components and three additions to the OTDC disconnect switch family, all for use in solar PV applications. 15oo Vdc...
View ArticleStudy Reports Soft Cost Savings With Microinverters And AC Modules
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...
View ArticleOur 11 Favorite SPI Moments
SEIA turns 40. Solar Power International attendees were able to sign a giant card wishing SEIA a Happy Fortieth Birthday. Attendees shared well wishes in a variety of languages. SEIA, the leading solar...
View ArticleChanges In The NEC Affect Solar Installers
Most solar installers wouldn’t think of the National Electrical Code as leisure reading. But experts working on the PV provisions of the Code want to make the NEC into something that flows more like a...
View ArticleBDR Fund And SEIA Seek Donations To Add Solar To Las Vegas School
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Brian D Robertson Memorial Solar Schools Fund (BDR Fund), a project of The Solar Foundation (TSF), teamed up to provide solar to a school in this...
View ArticleArray Technologies Showcased Experience And Innovation At SPI
Guests stop at Array Technologies’ SPI booth. Array Technologies, Inc.’s (ATI) 2,000-square-foot booth space was the place to be last week, when over 15,000 solar professionals flooded the Las Vegas...
View ArticleLG’s New AC Solar Module Demonstrated At SPI
Led by new integrated, max-performing AC-powered solar modules, LG Electronics USA exhibited a host of solutions from the LG Mono X monocrystalline module series last week. At the Solar Power...
View ArticleBOS Services Coming To Mandalay Bay Rooftop Installation
Power management company Eaton recently announced a contract to provide electrical distribution equipment for a 6.4-MW dc solar installation at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Convention Center in...
View ArticleReclosers Save Florida From Power Outages
TripSaver II Cutout-Mounted Recloser S&C Electric Company recently announced an agreement with Florida Power & Light (FPL) for S&C’s TripSaver II Cutout-Mounted Reclosers to be installed...
View ArticleWebinar: How To Sell Solar To Your Local Bank
Live webinar is Thursday, Nov. 20th at 2 PM Eastern. Join us for 60 minutes of question and answer on how to sell solar to your local bank. Our distinguished panelists, drawn from some of the most...
View ArticleGrowth Of SunModo Leads To New CEO Hire
Rick Campfield has assumed the role of CEO at SunModo. Increased sales of innovative solar racking products developed by SunModo Corp. has led the company to hire its first Chief Executive Officer, a...
View ArticleQuick Mount PV Introduces Quick Rack
By eliminating long rails, Quick Rack can be packaged in small boxes, making the entire mounting system easy to transport, warehouse and deliver to the rooftop. Quick Mount PV has introduced the Quick...
View ArticleSunrun Unveils Certified Program To Further Develop Channel Partner Network
Sunrun, a residential solar company, has unveiled the Sunrun Partner Program, a way of providing its current and expanding network of partners with products and technology, unique resources and...
View ArticleHanwha Q CELLS To Build Large-Scale Module Factory In Malaysia
The new facility will include four production lines and automated equipment for the company’s high performing solar modules totalling a capacity of 800 megawatt (MW). German headquartered Hanwha Q...
View ArticleOutBack Power Showcased Expanded Portfolio At SPI
OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced power electronics for renewable energy, backup power and mobile applications, announced several additions to its renewable...
View ArticleUniversity Of Kentucky Adds 50 kW
MAGE Solar USA, provider of PV and ACPV modules, recently announced that the University of Kentucky added a 50 kW PV system to the Christian County Extension Office in Hopkinsville. The system was...
View ArticleAPS And Upsolar Offer Financing Package For Residential Customers
APS and Upsolar are teaming up to offer a turnkey solar financing and installation package for residential customers. The partnership unites PV modules from Upsolar and microinverter technology from...
View ArticleEnphase Donates Solar Materials To Wildlife Associates Project
Everybody Solar recently announced that Enphase Energy, the leading microinverter technology provider, has donated more than 100 microinverters and accessories to the Wildlife Associates project in...
View ArticleSolarWorld Expands Panel and Advanced Cell Production
SolarWorld, a crystalline silicon solar producer in the Americas, will add a solar-panel production line in Hillsboro to bring the panel-assembly factory’s capacity up to 530 megawatts (MW) and expand...
View ArticleSmart Modules Meet Rapid Shutdown Requirements
Tigo Energy’s smart module line of products now have additional functionality required by NEC 2014 690.12 Rapid Shutdown. This feature is available immediately for all Smart Module’s using Tigo’s...
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