Conergy moves its Americas headquarters to Miami
Achieving one of the only financial turnarounds in the solar industry’s history, Conergy has implemented the second phase of its corporate reorganization with the relocation of its Americas...
View ArticleAmplify Energy, a newly-launched solar start-up, commences operations
Amplify Energy today announced that it has commenced business operations at its headquarters in South San Francisco, CA. The new business has been independently spun off from Yingli Green Energy...
View ArticleYingli introduces framed utility-scale solar panel at 1,500 volts
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited is one of the first PV manufacturers to develop a framed utility-scale solar panel designed for a maximum system voltage of 1500 Volts (V). This new product...
View ArticleSonnenbatterie offers products in the United States
For the first time in the US, Sonnenbatterie is taking orders for residential and commercial smart energy storage products for distribution through certified channel partners, Sonnenbatterie Centers....
View ArticleIntersolar Q&A: OutBack Power, inverters and storage on center stage
OutBack Power product manager Mara White The increased interest in energy storage has put inverter and battery back-up companies like OutBack Power onto center stage. We spoke with product manager Mara...
View ArticleTabuchi Electric launches Solar + Storage solution in North America
Tabuchi Electric, a solar inverter manufacturer, has entered the North American market with the launch of a residential solar + storage solution at Intersolar North America. The company’s EneTelus...
View ArticleLocus Energy launches PVIQ Excel Datalink at Intersolar North America
Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) market, today announced the launch of PVIQ Excel Datalink, a software tool that...
View ArticleNABCEP announces associate program
On the tenth anniversary of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners’ (NABCEP) Entry Level Program, it announces major changes at Intersolar North America. Since 2005, at hundreds of...
View ArticleFlamingos Spotlight Solar for 130,000 visitors per year at Tracy Aviary
Tracy Aviary introduced this elegant visual statement of renewable energy to educate the public on the benefits of solar power and to provide shade for patrons and birds. The pink solar structures will...
View ArticleImec and Panasonic breakthrough RRAM cell
Cross-sectional TEM of 40-nm Ir(TE)/Ta2O5/TaOx/TaN (BE) RRAM Imec and Panasonic recently announced that they have fabricated a 40 nm TaOx-based RRAM (resistive RAM) technology with precise filament...
View ArticleImec makes progress on perovskite PV module, record 11% conversion efficiency
Organometal halide perovskites are considered an excellent material for thin-film solar cells as they have shown high conversion efficiencies at cell level. Nano-electronics research center imec...
View ArticleFirst Intersolar Women in Solar breakfast is a success
Women make up a smaller share of the solar workforce than in the overall U.S. economy. Women made up 46.97% of the total U.S. workforce in 2014, but only 21.6% of the solar workforce (mostly in the...
View ArticleSolectria to deliver 32.5 MW of solar inverters to Safari Energy for National...
Solectria – A Yaskawa Company announced at Intersolar North America today that it is delivering 32.5MW of its PVI 20TL and PVI 28TL three-phase transformerless inverters to Safari Energy for a...
View ArticleAmpt secures $25 million in funding to expand production and innovation
Ampt LLC, a leader in power conversion technology for solar power plant optimization, today announced $20 million in Series C funding and $5 million in working capital to support continued growth. The...
View ArticleEaton shows solutions for solar and energy storage systems at Intersolar...
Power management company Eaton will showcase an expanded range of electrical balance of system (BOS) solutions for utility, commercial, and OEM solar customers at Intersolar North America 2015, from...
View ArticleModule manufacturers focusing on innovation, efficiency improvements
Both the crystalline silicon (c-Si) and thin-film camps preached an increased focus on innovation and improvements in efficiency during two separate conference sessions at Intersolar North America...
View ArticleS&C and Lodestar team up on project to power 300 homes in Massachusetts
S&C Electric Company and Lodestar Energy, a leading developer of renewable energy projects focused on solar-photovoltaic (PV) technology, have reached agreements to build nearly 2 MW of additional...
View ArticleSunrun to utilize Itron Total Solar monitoring program
Itron announced that Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in the U.S., has expanded its relationship with Itron to further enhance solar monitoring capabilities for its customers....
View ArticlePhoenix Contact releases new security router with integrated switch
Phoenix Contact’s newest versions of the FL mGuard combine the mGuard’s secure routing, VPN, and firewall functions with network switch capabilities, in one package. The RS2005 has five unmanaged...
View ArticleIntersolar North America Honors 2015 Intersolar AWARD Winners
Thousands of visitors packed San Francisco’sMoscone Center West today for the opening of the Intersolar North America exhibition, the most-attended solar industry event dedicated to the North American...
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