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Ampt shares trends for higher voltages and optimizers in 2015
From system voltages to string optimizers, Managing Editor Kathie Zipp spoke with Mark Kanjorski of Ampt to get his insight into trends for 2015. Here are some highlights. Mark Kanjorski of Ampt Trend...
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Lockheed Martin installs solar on Florida training facility
Lockheed Martin contracted Advanced Roofing and Advanced Green Technologies to design and build a massive 2.25 megawatt solar carport at the global security and aerospace company’s Mission Systems and...
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SMA Solar Technology AG surpasses 1 GW of O&M contracts
In just over one year, SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) has earned more than 1 GW of operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts worldwide. Since launching its plant-wide O&M services in late 2013,...
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US Solar and #SolarChat to host Florida Women In Solar Energy event
US Solar is excited to announce that they will be participating in a historic, national, round-table event Tuesday, February 24, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event is #nationWISE and is a...
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Pecan Street launches free “check engine light” service for solar panel owners
Pecan Street has launched a free service to help solar panel owners discover maintenance issues with their systems nearly as soon as they occur. Pecan Street Sol is a check engine light for residential...
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SunEdison, GRID Alternatives to connect skilled solar workers with jobs
SunEdison and the SunEdison Foundation announced a $5 million contribution to their philanthropic partnership with GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest non-profit solar installer. Together, the...
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Tradewind Energy sells two Georgia solar projects
Tradewind Energy, an independent wind and solar project development company, reached an agreement to sell two solar projects in Decatur County, Ga. to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power. The...
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Q CELLS solar modules power German bakery
The Germany-based bakery and confectionery company Seßelberg-Betriebs-KG relies on self-consumption of solar power. The company from the North German town of Neustadt/Holstein-Ostsee, started operating...
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APS partners with Glenn International for Caribbean, Central America markets
APS microinverters will be represented by Glenn International in the Caribbean and Central America regions, in a first-time partnership between the companies. The agreement extends APS’s product reach...
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Q&A with distributor Affordable Solar
Albuquerque-based Affordable Solar started in 1998 when President and CEO David Hughes sold solar panels out of a trailer parked in his backyard to people interested in going off-grid, or as he says,...
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Distributors: Friend to the solar installer
By Marcy Bradshaw-Angier, marketing manager at Fortune Energy Solar distributors can be a great friend of the solar contractor by helping them reduce product cost, save time, design projects and obtain...
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North Carolina ranks fourth in the U.S. for installed capacity
A new report from Duke University, The Solar Economy: Widespread Benefits for North Carolina, found that public policies such as North Carolina’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Investment Tax...
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Webinar: Drowning in solar data, but starving for knowledge?
Live webinar is March 19, 2pm EST. Is solar PV data providing actionable knowledge to ensure solar profits? How are the different aspects of portfolio management, i.e. operations, maintenance and...
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Contractors Corner: SunHarvest Solar & Electrical
When Brandon Cheshire founded SunHarvest Solar & Electrical in 2009, he was ready to use his years of electrical experience to bring renewable energy to homeowners in the Phoenix area. He didn’t...
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DuPont, TSEC partner on high efficiency solar panel
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions and TSEC Corporation (TSEC), will showcase TSEC’s newest “V-Series” high-efficiency solar panels for the first time during PV EXPO 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, from Feb. 25 – 27....
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Connectors allow mixing classes of conductors
ILSCO has enhanced its Nimbus 4Flex line of pre-insulated connectors. Nimbus motors are available to order as single catalog numbers or as pre-configured kits for specific motor applications. With...
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Tigo offers universal platform for any smart solar module
Tigo Energy introduces its TS4 platform. This solution is composed of a TS4 base with a new standard interface applied to any PV module and a TS4 cover that contains MLPE electronics (each cover has...
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Solar Speaks: Creating solar storage out of waste
Remember vanadium from your high school science class? We spoke with Imergy President Tim Hennessey who told us how his company is using a lower-cost vanadium waste product to create batteries that can...
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Seven ways to sell with solar design software: collaborative selling
As the solar industry continues its exponential growth, installers need creative ways to continue scaling their teams while maintaining their effectiveness. Many of the easiest solar deals have been...
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Fighting Dirty: Manual Washing vs. Automatic Cleaning of Solar Modules
If only a solar project was truly finished once you hooked it up to the grid. We now know better than to expect an array to function at peak production for 20 years without a little upkeep. O&M has...
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