Hanwha Q CELLS Offers Solar PV Kit in France
Hanwha Q CELLS has started selling its 100-kW solar kit to French PV installers in October 2014. “Having already sold the first 100 kWp kits to installers in France, Hanwha Q CELLS has proven its...
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Abengoa Yield’s Mojave 280-MW Gross Solar Plant Declares Commercial Operation
Abengoa’s 280 MW, utility-scale, CSP ‘Solana’ Abengoa Yield, the sustainable total return company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors,...
View ArticleRoss Solar Group to Install Two SunPower Rooftop Projects in Connecticut
The Ross Solar Group has reached an agreement with Gengras Motor Cars Inc. to install the two largest single SunPower rooftop solar installations to date in East Hartford, Conn. The systems will be...
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7 Tips For Writing A Solar Project Press Release
Nicole Loepp is a marketing coordinator at WTWH Media, publisher of Solar Power World. For more marketing advice, visit marketing.wtwhmedia.com. Press releases are an essential marketing tool in any...
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The Macro View Of Micro-Grid Training
As you’ve probably heard, micro-grids and the energy storage they incorporate are hot topics in the solar industry. The applications being explored range from bringing power to faraway villages where...
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How To Speak Solar With Your Local/Regional Banks
Solar installers, EPCs and project developers had just started breathing sighs of relief because they had finally helped institutional banks, like Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch and Citibank, understand...
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Search For Solar Cables With General Cable’s New App
General Cable offers a new mobile application to help customers using its smartphones or tablets no matter where they are. The General Cable North American Catalogs App is a quick and easy tool to view...
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Continental Control Systems Shows Meters at Solar Canada
Continental Control Systems will preview enhancements to its revenue-grade electric power meters and highlight its ACT line of high-accuracy, split-core current transformers (CTs) at Solar Canada 2014...
View ArticleRexel USA To Distribute Hanwha Solar Modules
Rexel Holdings USA Corp., a distributor of electrical supplies and services, will begin carrying Hanwha Q CELLS solar modules effective immediately. “We are thrilled to welcome the addition of Q CELLS...
View ArticleRenusol and Stion Team Up on Thin-Film Solar
Renusol America, provider of flat and pitched-roof solar PV mounting, has been selected by Stion Corporation as a provider of clamps for its Elevation 4 (STL-A) thin-film (CIGS) frameless modules. The...
View ArticleTop Solar Contractor Prefers Enphase Microinverters
Enphase Energy has been selected as the preferred inverter supplier for Solar Power World Top 400 Solar Contractor Revolve Solar via its distribution arrangement with wholesale distributor CED...
View ArticleEnergySage and State Green Bank Help Connecticut Residents Go Solar
EnergySage has partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank (formerly CEFIA) to support the bank’s local and state-wide solar energy campaigns. Following a nationwide search, The Connecticut Green Bank...
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IKEA Expanding Detroit Store’s Solar Array by 25%
IKEA announced plans to increase the solar array atop its Detroit-area store that opened eight years ago in Canton, Mich. In September, IKEA began work on a 44,000-square-foot expansion to the store,...
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Panel Quality and Reliability: Beyond Testing Basics
Whether or not a solar panel manufacturer will exist in the long term is largely dependent on its ability to incorporate product changes in a timely manner without compromising quality. Lesser quality...
View ArticleEaton to Power Two 5-MW North Carolina Solar Projects
Power management company Eaton announced two contracts to provide electrical distribution equipment and engineering services for two 5-MW solar installations in Chocowinity and Bunn, North Carolina....
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Redavia GmbH Selects 3megawatt Software Tool for Solar Asset Management
3megawatt GmbH signed a software as a service contract with its newest client Redavia GmbH. Redavia, a fast-growing supplier of specialized rental solar power solutions for remote locations, has...
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Top Solar Contractor Installs On Massachusetts Textile Facility
AmeriPride Services, has partnered with Solect Energy Development, a Solar Power World 2014 Top 400 Contractor, to pilot a 210-kW solar photovoltaic energy system atop its Worcester, Mass., facility....
View ArticleCerritos College Offering Veteran Training Program for Solar Technicians
A first-of-its-kind training program to certify military veterans and other qualified applicants to meet the growing need for electrical field service technicians (EFSTs) that maintain the country’s...
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Insurance Cheat Sheet: Questions Businesses Ask About Going Solar
Jason Slattery, Director of Solar for GEM Energy, a Rudolph/Libbe Company and Top 400 Solar Contractor, answers common questions businesses ask about going solar and how to answer them. What insurance...
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French Airport Goes Solar
A 545-kW solar system has been commissioned on the Angoulême-Cognac International Airport in France. The project consists of a 445-kW array atop 206 parking spots, and a 100-kW array on the hangar...
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