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How and why solar inverters and monitoring work together
In a recent webinar Solar Symbiosis: Inverters and Monitoring, Ilen Zazueta-Hall, director of residential product management at Enphase Energy, presented on why inverter manufacturers offer monitoring....
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Tracker manufacturer Exosun commissions first project in the U.S.
Exosun’s first project in the U.S., the 30 MWac Lone Valley project, included local manufacturing of the Exotrack HZ trackers. Exosun, a provider of solar tracking technologies and associated plant...
View ArticlePV distributor Krannich Solar celebrates 20 years in industry
Pioneers tend to venture into unknown terrain, guided by the idea of discovering something new. Kurt Krannich is one such pioneer. In 1995, at a time when photovoltaics was still in the shadows and...
View ArticlePowerSecure selects Unirac for two utility-scale solar projects
Unirac Inc. announced that PowerSecure Solar, a division of PowerSecure International Inc., has awarded the company a contract to supply two ground mount projects in Georgia totaling approximately 80...
View ArticleVaisala partners to enable free access to resource data in United Arab Emirates
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has partnered with the Masdar Institute to develop the UAE Wind Atlas, publicly available wind resource database in the Middle...
View ArticleTexas’ first unlimited solar buyback program achieves cost breakthrough
SolarCity and MP2 Energy have partnered to make it possible for some Dallas-Fort Worth area homeowners to pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power for the first time without any...
View ArticleSoCore Energy selects Enphase Energy for Fortune 50 retailer’s solar project
Enphase Energy has been selected by SoCore Energy, a commercial-industrial solar project developer, to be an inverter supplier for a major commercial solar program with a Fortune 50 retailer. Enphase...
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REC Solar installs Sollega’s FastRack510 at Hawaii’s largest airports
Mounting manufacturer Sollega provided its FastRack510 (FR510) to mount 8,148 Trina and JA Solar 72-cell PV modules. The airports division of the Hawaii Department of Transportation has partnered with...
View ArticleMajority of 2014 clean energy RFPs were for solar, energy storage
A new study out today shows utility companies in North America zeroed in on two sectors last year: advanced energy storage and solar. Analysts at research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracked 52...
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Three points of common NEC code confusion
Despite improvements, provisions for PV systems in the 2014 NEC are still confusing, which can lead to installations that don’t meet regulations. You might think that most solar power systems erected...
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An improved AGM battery for solar storage
Deep-cycle, lead-acid batteries are a popular choice for renewable energy applications due to their ability to withstand the demands of solar energy use such as unstable grid energy, heavy cycling...
View ArticleVivint Solar to offer Trina Solar Trinasmart modules to customers
Trina Solar Limited’s Trinasmart panels are now part of the technology solution that Vivint Solar Inc., the second largest U.S. residential solar provider, offers to its customers. Trinasmart is a...
View ArticleCalCom Solar selects NEXTracker for 100-MW supply agreement
CalCom Solar, a leader in solar project design and construction for California Agribusinesses and Water Districts, has entered into a 100 MW supply agreement with NEXTracker to serve its agribusiness...
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Midwest Solar Expo returns to Minneapolis in 2015
The Midwest Solar Expo 2015 will be held May 13-14, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will feature two days of educational and networking events that will provide solar companies with the tools to grow...
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Intersolar encourages all exhibitors to apply for Intersolar award
The exhibition floor of Intersolar North America, the most-attended solar industry exhibition and conference dedicated to the North American market, will feature a number of segments highlighting the...
View ArticleJA Solar modules to power 35.1-MW install in Guatemala
JA Solar Holdings Co. will supply 35.1 MW of modules to the second phase of a Guatemala solar farm. The signing of the contract for the project phase II for another 35.1 MW of modules came after JA’s...
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9% of North American solar PV systems will have storage in 2018
IHS announced that 9 percent of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in North America will include attached storage in 2018. Led by commercial systems, IHS expects 700 MW of PV systems with energy storage...
View ArticleConergy receives equity investment from RWE Supply & Trading
Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies, announces an equity investment by RWE Supply & Trading, the energy trading arm of the giant European utility. The investment comes as...
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The Burden: What solar can do to lift it
This article is written by Alissa Jean Schafer, Marketing & Media Director of US Solar Solar is a matter of national security and saving lives. This statement may sound like a dramatic hyperbole,...
View ArticleIdeal Power to provide battery converters to California energy storage projects
Ideal Power Inc., a developer of a disruptive power conversion technology, today announced it signed a Strategic Supplier Agreement to provide power conversion systems to Green Charge Networks and...
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