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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.
Project Profiles
The NYS OPRHP contracted Frey Electric to design and install a stand-alone PV-powered LED lighting system on each of the break wall’s pergolas to provide dusk-to-dawn lighting for visitors to the Buffalo Harbor State Park.
Industry Interviews
Sarah Kurtz is a principal scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and has served as a group manager for the PV Module Reliability Test and Evaluation Group since 2008 and the co-director for the National Center for Photovoltaics since 2015.
Product Launches
Spruce is expanding its national network of solar integrators, building contractors and other channel partners to provide consumer financing for residential PV systems and home efficiency improvements.
Product Launches
Two REFUsol 3-phase inverter models are available in the US, the 24 kW 24K-UL-USA and the
48 kW 48K-UL-USA.
Product Launches
Morningstar recently announced the release of its third-generation ProStar solar charge controller for off-grid, stand-alone PV applications.
Product Launches
IronRidge’s FlashFoot2 array mounting and flashing system uses a stack of components to elevate the three-tier water seal an inch above the roof plane.
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Product Launches
Trojan Battery has introduced a redesigned line of valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries for deep-cycling applications, including renewable energy systems.
Industry Interviews
Lior Handelsman co-founded SolarEdge in 2006 and currently serves as the vice president of marketing and product strategy.
Project Profiles
The Old Alabama Road 2 (OAR 2) solar project, located in Woodland, Georgia, represents two trends present in many megawatt-scale ground-mounted PV installations—tracked arrays and the use of string inverters for power processing.
Product Launches
AMtec Solar’s Auxiliary Power Cabinet is an all-in-one freestanding enclosure that is customizable to meet specific project requirements.
Project Profiles
The site of the Kokomo Solar 1 power plant was once the home of a massive Continental Steel plant in Kokomo, Indiana, that closed down in the 1980s.
Project Profiles
In early 2016, David Brearley and his wife Molly O’Halloran contracted Austin, Texas–based Freedom Solar Power to permit and install a SunPower PV system for a new alley flat.
Business & Finance
Looking for opportunities to network or develop professionally? This overview of national and regional solar conferences and events is here to help. We provide an overview of 21 conferences and events, in nine states plus the District of Columbia and Mexico, of interest to...
Product Launches
S-5! has released four new attachment brackets, RibBrackets I–IV, for use with metal roofing panels
with trapezoidal profiles.