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San Diego Eco Rentals is a provider of eco-friendly vacation rentals. Each home features a PV system, LED lighting, a rainwater collection system, a gray-water irrigation system and access to a free electric vehicle charging station, among many other sustainable features.
Design & Installation
For nonresidential PV projects, where do you start with your site plan drawing to show the location of PV equipment?
Product Launches
Chint Power Systems (CPS) is now offering its customers direct access to Next Phase Solar’s staff of trained field support engineers and technicians.
Product Launches
The Polar Bear III racking system from PanelClaw incorporates several aspects of the company’s existing PanelClaw product line.
Product Launches
Valentin Software has released a new version of its PV*SOL Expert simulation software.
Product Launches
OutBack Power has released two new Radian inverter/charger models for the North American market (models GS8048A and GS4048A) that include the company’s recently developed GridZero Technology, an energy-balancing or self-consumption function.
Product Launches
The new FlashFoot flashed mount from IronRidge eliminates the need for separate flashings, standoffs and L-feet.
Product Launches
Adding to its existing line of wire management products, Heyco has released its HEYClip SunRunner 90° cable clip.
Product Launches
Vivint Solar, a residential PV financing and installation company, has acquired Solmetric as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Product Launches
SEIA and GTM Research recently published the annual “U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: Year in Review.” The report includes data on individual states’ installed capacity, job numbers and pricing.
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Design & Installation
The current buzz surrounding solar energy storage has been gradually building for the last two years. How the storage market will grow and evolve, and how quickly, is not yet clear. However, one thing is certain—the solar industry is entering a dynamic new phase of solar...
Finance & Economics
The industry is still grappling with stubborn non-hardware or soft costs, which include project financing; customer acquisition; labor; and permitting, inspection and interconnection (PII).
Design & Installation
The utility-scale PV market has significantly transformed over the last 5 years. Whereas 1 MW–5 MW ground-mounted projects were considered large a few years ago, fixed-tilt and tracking systems are now deployed in projects exceeding 100 MW. To better understand the current...
Design & Installation
In large commercial and utility-scale PV systems, hundreds or thousands of PV modules are connected in series and parallel. The resulting dc voltages may approach 1,000 V and current levels may exceed 1 kA. In this article, we examine methods to calculate the incident...
Design & Installation
When SEIA and SEPA first collaborated to present a solar industry conference in 2004, the installed annual US grid-tied PV capacity was 58 MW. By comparison, it is estimated that more than 4.4 GW of new PV capacity will be connected to the US utility grid by the end of 2013...
Product Launches
The new FlashFoot flashed mount from IronRidge eliminates the need for separate flashings, standoffs and L-feet.
Product Launches
Bentek Solar is now shipping its second-generation Fused Disconnect Safety System (FDSS 2).
Product Launches
Sunnovations developed its Ohm system to provide low-cost monitoring of residential solar water heating systems.
Product Launches
Burndy recently released a new family of Wiley electrical bonding washers.
Product Launches
RBI Solar, a provider of ground- and roof-mounted PV racking systems and mounting solutions, has completed the acquisition of ProtekPark Solar, a manufacturer and installer of solar carport structures.