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SMA’s Grid Emulation Service Brings Solar Projects Online Quicker
On the heels of its successful operations and maintenance launch, SMA has unveiled another exclusive utility-scale service: Grid Emulation. The company says this industry first accelerates power plant...
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How To Calculate Solar Reliability
Daniel Ithurburn is a design engineer with Martifer Solar Determining solar inverter reliablity involves taking a look at the failure rate (including the bathtub curve of failure), the infant mortality...
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Increasing Flow To Increase Power: How Voltage Control Works
Dave ChristieDirector, Applications Technology at Advanced Energy Controlling reactive sputtering processes is challenging. But there are several options to do so. Voltage control offers a way to...
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Distributed Solar Inverter Architecture Exhibited At Minnesota Conference
Nextronex says its RAY-MAX solar inverter system is completely different from all others. It incorporates a distributed architecture design and solar inverter sequencing algorithms to help optimize low...
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Reports Suggests Microinverters And DC Power Optimizers Will Be Critical To...
One part power electronics and one part networking and communications technology, microinverters and DC optimizers (commonly referred to as module-level power electronics, or MLPEs) are playing an...
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UL Receives IEC 62109-1 And 62109-2 CBTL Status
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has achieved IEC 62109-1 and 62109-2 Certified Body Testing Laboratory (CBTL) status for inverter products. With this internationally recognized testing accreditation, UL...
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Solar Speaks: A Call To Set Solar Inverter Reliability Standards
Craig Lawrence, SolarBridge Technologies Paul Parker, SolarBridge Technologies Solar projects are a financial investment so, let’s face it, they’re all about returns. A profitable, reliable solar...
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Did Your Favorite Solar Inverter Make The List? (Central, Off-Grid, String)
From micro to P.O., central to string, solar inverters are getting more efficient. They’re getting smarter, too, with better monitoring capabilities, communication and even Wi-Fi. Manufacturers are...
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Ingeteam Connects Its First Puerto Rico Solar Project
Ingeteam has connected its first solar PV plant in Puerto Rico. The 500-kW power plant, built by WindMar Renewable Energy Inc, is also the first solar plant to have installed the transformer version of...
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How To Maintain Your Central Solar Inverter
Alan Beale, Solarmax USA Central solar inverters are designed to have a lifespan of 20 to 25 years. That’s a long time during which different environmental influences can impact the device’s...
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SolarBridge Technologies Secures $42 Million To Support Expansion
SolarBridge Technologies, provider of microinverters and monitoring technology for TrueAC solar, has closed a $42 million round of funding led by Constellation Technology Ventures, part of Exelon...
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Did Your Favorite Solar Module-Level Power Electronic Make The List?...
From micro to P.O., central to string, solar inverters are getting more efficient. They’re getting smarter, too, with better monitoring capabilities, communication and even Wi-Fi. Manufacturers are...
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Clean Jobs Index Shows A 19% Increase In 2013
National study shows more than 3.5 million clean jobs available in 2013, with a 57% increase in solar jobs. Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index, a tool to compare states’ use and development of clean...
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12 Sloped Roof Solar Mounting Solutions For Installers
Some companies offer a variety of solar racking and mounting systems, acting as one-stop shops for developers. Others specialize in a single area, such as ballasted flat-roof mounts. Here is a...
View ArticleAPS Solar Microinverters To Be Distributed By Fortune Energy
APS America and Fortune Energy have reached a first-time agreement by which the California-based Fortune will distribute APS microinverter products in the US. Fortune Energy will add APS to their...
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SunPower Strengthens Solar’s Sense Of Service
The SunPower Foundation gives the gift of solar to communities around the globe. By Frank Andorka, Editorial Director One of the things I love about the solar industry is that it is never solely about...
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Solar Power World Opens 2014 Top Solar Contractors Application
Awards were given to the 2013 Top Solar Contractors who attended a formal dinner and awards ceremony at the Drake Hotel in Chicago last year. Solar Power World is accepting applications for the 2014...
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Sollega FastRack FR5° Hits The Carribean
Sollega, a leading manufacturer of commercial flat-roof solar racking, provided racking for the Westin Hotel located on the Caribbean Island of St. Maarten. Sollega’s FastRack The multi-roof 820-kW...
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JinkoSolar Provides 4000kWp For Mitzpe Ramon Ground Project
JinkoSolar, a global manufacturer in the solar industry, supplied 4000kWp of their high efficient solar PV modules to Inbar Solar Energy, an Israeli EPC. The company provided 13,114 of its JKM305P-72...
View ArticleArray Technologies Builds Tropics-Ready Tracker On The Big Island
Hawaii is about to boast a fully installed single-axis solar tracking project on the Big Island. Array Technologies shipped a tropically prepared version of the DuraTrack HZ to the site in 2013....
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