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Product Launches
SolarWorld recently announced that it has doubled the workmanship warranty on its portfolio of solar modules to 20 years.
Product Launches
Panasonic Eco Solutions North America has added three high-efficiency models to its HIT module lineup for residential applications.
Product Launches
PVCAD enables solar designers and engineers to create comprehensive project designs for ground-mounted, rooftop and carport PV installations.
Product Launches
Yaskawa–Solectria Solar has announced the introduction of its Commercial Rapid Shutdown Combiner for 3-phase string inverter systems.
Design & Installation
Bifacial modules convert light captured on both the front and back sides of a PV module into electrical power. Bifaciality improves PV system energy capture—dramatically in some cases—and rewrites conventional system design rules in interesting ways. In this article we...
Business & Finance
The US solar industry fielded systems at an unprecedented rate of 1 MW every 32 minutes in Q3 2016. At the same time, average system prices are falling quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. These data suggest that profitable solar installation companies are continually...
Design & Installation
Solar carports and canopies have proven to be a successful and marketable approach to PV system siting and deployment. This article provides system designers, engineers, and procurement and sales teams with overviews of 17 companies that offer PV carports, canopies or...
Design & Installation
If you do not deploy electrical systems with the available fault current in mind, a short-circuit fault could result in a catastrophic explosion or electrical fire.
Operations & Maintenance
Many of the O&M considerations that impact cost and revenue—such as performance optimization, system uptime and operational efficiency—relate directly to inverter and monitoring system selection.
Project Profiles
SunSystem Technology (SST) served as the EPC firm for the Golden1 Center PV system installation; an onsite 700.5 kW rooftop PV array, that generates approximately 15% of the Center’s load.
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Project Profiles
In 2016, the Ashland Food Co-op contacted Ashland-based True South Solar (TSS) to evaluate options for expanding their array.
Business & Finance
The US solar industry fielded systems at an unprecedented rate of 1 MW every 32 minutes in Q3 2016. At the same time, average system prices are falling quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. These data suggest that profitable solar installation companies are continually...
Product Launches
AMtec Solar’s Auxiliary Power Cabinet is an all-in-one freestanding enclosure that is customizable to meet specific project requirements.
Product Launches
APsystems has expanded its microinverter family with the introduction of the dual-MPPT YC500i microinverter.
Product Launches
Yaskawa–Solectria Solar has expanded its DISCOM string combiner line with the addition of the 1,500 Vdc DISCOM 1500 source-circuit combiner.
Product Launches
S-5! has released four new attachment brackets, RibBrackets I–IV, for use with metal roofing panels
with trapezoidal profiles.
Product Launches
Yaskawa–Solectria Solar has added two high-power string inverter models to its 3-phase 1,000 Vdc transformerless inverter line for decentralized PV power plants.
Business & Finance
Though life is never boring on the Solarcoaster, the start of SolarPro’s tenth calendar year seems especially eventful. It is the start of a new year, of course, as well as the start of a new administration in Washington, DC. This 4-year presidential term just happens to...
Product Launches
Yaskawa–Solectria Solar has announced the introduction of its Commercial Rapid Shutdown Combiner for 3-phase string inverter systems.
Product Launches
Panasonic Eco Solutions North America has extended its HIT series module workmanship warranty to 25 years.