National shout out for solar’ day gains momentum
Supported by both business and environmental groups, hundreds of thousands of people from across the United States and around the world are expected to take part in the Solar Energy Industries...
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Solar SpeedMount UL1703 certified
Solar SpeedRack has announced that its SpeedMount racking system has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) as fully compliant with its standard 1703. The standard regarding module mounting...
View ArticleSapa sells HatiCon to Mounting Systems GmbH
Sapa Building Systems today sold its HatiCon operations to the German solar mounting company Mounting Systems GmbH. HatiCon produces, markets and sells aluminium extrusion-based mounting systems for...
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Positive Energy Solar installs on Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) was among the first campuses in the nation to adopt a sustainability plan and now has approximately 1.7 MW of solar powering two campuses. Positive Energy Solar, a...
View ArticleSchneider Electric Expands Solar O&M Services
Schneider Electric Solar Business has been named by GTM Research as one of the top five solar O&M (Operations & Maintenance) services provider worldwide. Earlier this year, Schneider Electric...
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Solar New Year’s Resolution: Engage with O&M professionals early
This article was written by Ken Kostok, Country Manager, US/Latin America, Alectris If you are a solar plant owner, developer or investor there is one New Year’s resolution you can make to achieve a...
View ArticleMoore Energy brings solar to Philadelphia business
Moore Energy, a Pennsylvania-based solar installer, has completed installation of a 78-kW system on the rooftop of Fidelity Alarm in Philadelphia. The solar array will offset virtually all of the...
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Lumos Solar designs custom awning for UCAR building
For over 50 years, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) has been involved in the continuous research of Earth system science, the science of the atmosphere and its interaction...
View ArticleSolar Speaks: Mounting Systems on product fire ratings
Two Mounting Systems products, the Alpha+ pitched roof system and the Lambda Leight EW+, were rated in ETL fire tests as Class A with Type 1 PV modules. What does all of that mean? Product manager Don...
View ArticleSunEdison to build large solar manufacturing facility in India
SunEdison and Indian port Adani Enterprises have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture to build the largest vertically integrated solar photovoltaic manufacturing facility...
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Frost & Sullivan applauds A123 Systems’ strategic shift in operations,...
Based on its recent analysis of lithium-ion batteries for the transportation market, Frost & Sullivan recently recognized A123 Systems with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for...
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Local energy partnership brings innovative solar tracker to “Solarize...
A new partnership will bring an innovative, award-winning solar energy system to homeowners in the greater Hartford area consisting of the towns of Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Granby, and Suffield....
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Future St. Louis IKEA store to have largest rooftop solar array in Missouri
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced solar energy plans for its St. Louis store opening Fall 2015. Panel installation will begin this Spring, with completion before the...
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Eaton’s Bussmann achieves TUV Rheinland certification for its solar combiner...
Eaton’s Bussmann business, specialist in critical circuit protection, power management and electrical safety, has been awarded TUV Rheinland certification for its combiner box range. It is the first...
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Nextronex selected for Indiana utility solar projects
Nextronex Ray-Max inverters feature distributed architecture. The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA), a wholesale electric power provider serving 60 municipally-owned electric utilities in Indiana...
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Some solar investments better than stocks, study says
A new study released today by the NC Clean Energy Technology Center finds that investing in a 5 kilowatt solar system can be a better deal than investing in a stock market index fund in 46 of America’s...
View ArticleAmerican Solar Direct is offering home solar loans through Mosaic
American Solar Direct (ASD), a residential solar energy provider in California, is now offering homeowners the opportunity to own their solar systems through zero-down loans with Mosaic. The American...
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Online platforms partner to bring solar to consumers
The Sunible team. Sunible is an online platform for solar that makes it easy for homeowners to see installations in their area, compare firms, get quotes and go solar. Installers benefit from...
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Delta Electronics selected for 15-MW plant Japanese
Delta Electronics, specialist in power and thermal management solutions, said Japanese firm Takara Leben has selected its 20-kW photovoltaic (PV) inverters for Japan’s first large-scale distributed...
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How are hybrid inverters used in solar projects?
Hybrid inverters are commonly used in the developing world, but they are starting to make their way into daily use in certain areas of the U.S due to their ability to stabilize energy availability. A...
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