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Product Launches
The new LiFeP04 battery product lineup from Discover Battery’s Advanced Energy Systems (AES) includes 48 Vdc and 24 Vdc units for new projects, as well as drop-in replacements for existing energy storage systems.

Product Launches
Magnum Energy has introduced four pre-engineered Storm Kits for residential backup power applications.

Product Launches
SMA announced two new power classes for its utility-scale storage product line. Sunny Central Storage inverters are compatible with a range of battery technologies.

Product Launches
NEXTracker has launched NEXTracker Energy Storage Solutions, a portfolio of products including NX Drive and NX Flow.

Product Launches
All components, in SunPower's Equinox system, including modules, microinverters, racking and monitoring, are SunPower products and come with 25-year product warranties.

Design & Installation
At the grid level, lead-acid batteries account for just a fraction of a percentage of energy storage deployments. So, what battery chemistries are energy storage developers using today, and why? Here we briefly review grid applications for energy storage solutions, both in...

Design & Installation
In the decade that has elapsed since Enphase introduced its first-generation microinverter system, the module-level power electronics landscape has slowly been moving toward a higher level of not only product integration but also MLPE-related business partnerships and...

Modules
For some installations, especially those on residential rooftops, 60-cell modules can offer some advantages over larger-format 72- or 96-cell modules. Our 2017 60-cell c-Si module specifications table includes electrical and physical specifications for 228 modules from 26...

Design & Installation
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems play an essential role in meeting objectives such as operating safely, meeting contract commitments, supporting grid stability and maximizing profits.

Business & Finance
Markup and margin percentage are two ways to keep track of both the cost and the price, but it is important not to confuse one with the other.
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Product Launches
PVCAD enables solar designers and engineers to create comprehensive project designs for ground-mounted, rooftop and carport PV installations.

Product Launches
SMA America has announced that it is taking orders for the newest member of its Sunny Tripower lineup, the CORE1.

Design & Installation
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems play an essential role in meeting objectives such as operating safely, meeting contract commitments, supporting grid stability and maximizing profits.

Product Launches
Tigo Energy and SMA America have announced a new SunSpec-compatible module-level rapid-shutdown unit, the TS4-F (Fire Safety).

Design & Installation
Returning to Las Vegas for the second year in a row, Solar Power International runs September 10–13 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Because 4 days is never enough time to take everything in, this article highlights 15 expo participants. These vendors provide products...

Modules
For some installations, especially those on residential rooftops, 60-cell modules can offer some advantages over larger-format 72- or 96-cell modules. Our 2017 60-cell c-Si module specifications table includes electrical and physical specifications for 228 modules from 26...

Product Launches
First Solar has launched its Series 6 module, manufactured for utility and large C&I PV power plants.

Product Launches
SolarWorld recently announced that it has doubled the workmanship warranty on its portfolio of solar modules to 20 years.

Project Profiles
The 2.2 MW PV arrays at Cottonwood Creek Ranch in Madera, California, adds two more successful projects to the long-standing CalCom Solar–SunLink partnership to bring solar to agricultural sites in the state.

Operations & Maintenance
Vendors of array tracking solutions for utility-scale projects have a diverse makeup. For this article, we interviewed team members from five different vendors. Each vendor has a unique history, market perspective and tracking technology in what has become one of the PV...