Parish responds to pope’s climate change challenge with solar panels
Sullivan Solar Power used 123 Kyocera Solar modules, the most locally sourced solar modules available to San Diego, and American-made SMA America inverters for the solar project. St. Patrick Catholic...
View ArticleCEO Ron Corio discusses the epiphany that led to success for Array Technologies
Array Technologies employee Ben Theune explains the manufacturing process for the company’s patented universal module mounting clamps. In 1985, Ron Corio began a move from automotive R&D into...
View ArticleHow DPW Solar survived Y2K with a little help from the Georgian army
DPW Solar’s precision CNC press forms Easy Feet mounting attachments for roof applications. DPW Solar started with a 200-page business plan. Kevin Goodreau had spent a year writing it, and when the...
View ArticleUniversal mounting systems took Unirac from a garage to 2.8 GW
A Unirac employee inspects L-feet that have just come from a press. Unirac was founded on Sept. 1, 1998, and incorporated a year later. But its origins go back almost two decades before formal...
View ArticleSolar SpeedRack offers introductory pricing on its SpeedMount shared-rail system
Solar SpeedRack has announced that it is offering a special introductory pricing on the SpeedMount system. The offer, in effect for a limited time, and is open to new customers with a minimum order of...
View ArticleMassachusetts McGee Toyota goes green with solar
McGee Toyota, a family-owned Toyota dealership that has been serving the South Shore for more than 40 years, has installed a 101.4 kW solar renewable energy system on the roof of its Washington Street...
View ArticleApply now: 2015 Top Solar Contractors list
Solar Power World is now accepting applications for the 2015 Top Solar Contractors list, the most-recognized list of solar contractors and developers in the United States and Canada. Click here to...
View ArticleSolar Impulse plans first round-the-world flight
ABB will accompany Solar Impulse and its crew on the first round-the-world flight in a plane powered only by energy from the sun. The airplane is scheduled to take off from Abu Dhabi on March 9, 2015....
View ArticleJA Solar completes development of 1,500V PV module
JA Solar Holdings Co., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, has announced that it has completed the development of its new 1500V PV module, inaugurating...
View ArticleWhy securing good insurance is important for project financing
Sam Walsh has been with GCube Insurance Services for over five years and is the Senior Underwriter for solar risks in North America. Once seen as novel or risky, solar energy is now a secure,...
View ArticleWebinar: The importance of backsheets when choosing panels
Live webinar is Wednesday, March 25 at 2:00 PM EDT. Most focus on solar generation is placed on the solar cells themselves, but attention should equally be paid to those components “behind the...
View ArticleStandard Solar to install 3.6-MW solar system for Stafford, Connecticut
Standard Solar, Inc., a leader in the full-service development, construction, integration, financing and installation of solar electric systems, today announced it will design and install a 3.6...
View ArticleSolarEdge DC optimized inverter meets new hawaii grid requirements
SolarEdge, a global specialist in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced today that its DC optimized inverters are fully compliant with Hawaiian Electric...
View ArticleGreensmith delivers over 1/3 of U.S. energy storage deployments in 2014
Greensmith, a provider of grid-scale energy storage software and solutions, announced that over one-third of all energy storage capacity installed in the U.S. in 2014 was deployed by Greensmith and is...
View ArticleKipp & Zonen solar pyranometer integrates into Lufft weather station
The precision of a variety of individual meteorological transducers has been combined in a single all-in-one device, the new WS510-UMB smart weather sensor by Lufft. This is the latest model in the...
View ArticleREC Solar, HICAPS to bring two solar systems to Veteran’s Affairs medical...
REC Solar, a national provider of comprehensive commercial solar and energy solutions, and HICAPS, a SDVOSB (Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business) full service Construction Management firm,...
View ArticleSuniva modules power largest solar rooftop install in Washington, DC
Suniva announced it is powering the solar photovoltaic system on The Millennium Building in Washington, D.C. – the first of its kind inside the District. The PV system will help improve the district’s...
View ArticleCalifornia winery installs 54-kW solar system powered by Kyocera
Nestled in the verdant Valle de Guadalupe winemaking region and with an eye on sustainability, El Cielo Winery in Baja California now offsets approximately 75 percent of its energy needs with a new...
View ArticleCanadian Solar introduces new all-black solar module line to Americas
Canadian Solar Inc. will introduce the company’s all-black solar module product line into the Americas market, covering both the North and South American continents. The new product line includes both...
View ArticleU.S. installs 6.2 GW of solar PV in 2014, up 30% over 2013
Applauding a record-breaking year, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review report, the definitive source of...
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