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Project Profiles
Sandwiched between Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula, picturesque Poulsbo, Washington, is home to the state’s first fullcapacity community solar project. The 75 kW array was developed by Washington Solar Incentives (WSI) and was installed by Frederickson Electric. WSI...
Design & Installation
In an increasingly competitive PV marketplace, project managers and installation forepersons regularly face tight project budgets and narrow installation time frames. Considering these pressures, developing safety procedures, scheduling the associated training and then...
Design & Installation
For residential pitched-roof applications, array mounts are typically secured to the roofing system by one of two approaches. The first method utilizes lag screws to attach the array racking to the roof systems trusses or rafters. The second method is to fasten the mounts...
Product Launches
Widely known for its ballasted low-slope roof mounts, SunLink is introducing a new ground-mount solution for large commercial and utility-scale solar plants to its product portfolio. The Utility Scale Ground Mount includes fully integrated equipment grounding and wire...
Product Launches
Developed for the North American market, the recently announced AUO AC Unison product features a SolarBridge Pantheon microinverter preinstalled on a 250 W monocrystalline module manufactured by AUO Solar. While the solution is still one step away from a fully integrated...
Product Launches
The Seaward Solar Installation PV100 is a multifunction electrical tester developed specifically for gridconnected PV array commissioning and troubleshooting. The PV100 connects directly to array wiring using the supplied MC4 or Sunclix connectors and performs a series of...
Product Launches
One of OutBack Power’s primary goals for its soon-to-be-released Radian Series GS8048 inverter/charger is to take some of the complexity out of battery-based system design and installation to increase the technology’s modularity - and popularity - in the grid-tie market.
Product Launches
Solectria recently introduced three new combiner modules with dc disconnect options. The disconnect feature is available in an eight-circuit combiner rated for 120 A maximum, housed in a NEMA 4X fiberglass enclosure; a 16-circuit combiner rated for 180 A maximum, also...
Product Launches
Suntech Power, the number-one manufacturer of c-Si modules worldwide, has released a new 290 W STP290-24/Vd module in the US. The 72-cell module uses 6-inch polycrystalline cells and is intended for large commercial and utility-scale projects. It has a rated efficiency of...
Product Launches
Schletter has teamed up with STOHER+SAUER, a German CAD application shop, to distribute Helios 3D, a software package for planning and developing large commercial and utility-scale roofand ground-mounted PV systems. STOHER+SAUERs Helios 3D is a two-part system that includes...
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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.