By Lisa Rosen Tuesday, May 22, 20182:00pm ET / 11:00am PT This webinar will analyze some of the major cost factors in Distributed and Centralized String Inverter applications at 1500Vdc. The presentation will include a detailed analysis of wire length and building block sizes to show how these factors can make the difference in a…
By Kathie Zipp Florida regulators unanimously voted to grant Sunrun’s Petition for Declaratory Statement regarding its solar lease product proposal. This lease can provide Floridians an easy, clean way to power their homes without dealing with the high upfront cost of solar panels, equipment and installation. Sunrun will also fully maintain the system, offering households…
By Kathie Zipp Below is the overview from the white paper “SCADA Patterns & Best Practices, Utility Scale PV Solar Power Plant Control,” written by Greg Brunke, Energy Engineering Manager at NLS Engineering. Read the full white paper here. Photovoltaic (PV) cells have seen popular use for decades in household electronics such as calculators, battery…
By Kelly Pickerel The Section 690.12 update to the 2017 National Electrical Code (NEC) calls for module-level rapid shutdown of solar systems instead of NEC 2014’s array-level shutdown requirement. Starting Jan. 1, 2019 when NEC 2017 goes into effect in certain jurisdictions, all conductors within an array’s 1-ft boundary have to be reduced to 80…
By Kelly Pickerel Enphase Energy and Solaria announced the introduction of an Enphase Energized AC Module, the Solaria PowerXT-AC. The Solaria PowerXT-AC features the Enphase IQ 7+ microinverter and delivers high performance and aesthetics through Solaria’s proprietary module technology. The PowerXT-AC will be available from Soligent at locations around the U.S. starting in June 2018….
By Kelly Pickerel Sunwatt Solar may be headquartered in the country’s smallest state, but it’s making a big impact on the area’s communities. Founded in 2014 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Sunwatt mostly does residential projects in its home state and Massachusetts, but its small-commercial focus is growing. “We were 95% residential; now we’re about 80%…
By Kelly Pickerel Generations LLC announced the installation of an expansive 527.8-kW PV solar system on its resort-style independent, assisted living and memory care community, Paradise Village, in San Diego’s South Bay. Combining solar with a behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage system, the energy enhancing project will produce approximately 1 million kWh of electricity per year,…
By Kathie Zipp The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $20 million in funding for nine projects to advance early-stage solar power electronics technologies. These innovations are critical to address solar photovoltaic (PV) reliability challenges, as well as to drive down the cost of installing and maintaining a PV solar system. These innovations…
By Kathie Zipp Solar equipment distributor RENVU offers the Solar Kit Guide 2.0, a solar design tool. The tool is free to use and suitable for both consumers and solar professionals. First launched in 2015, the Solar Kit Guide provided a way for anyone to rapidly generate full solar quotes, without having to wait for…
By Kelly Pickerel Royal DSM opened a new 7.61-acre solar field in Kingstree, South Carolina, that uses DSM Anti-Reflective coating technology to increase solar output and will help power the neighboring DSM Nutritional Products facility. “At DSM, we always look for innovative ways to minimize our impact on the planet with clean, renewable energy sources,”said…
By Kelly Pickerel San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE)–which provides a variety of services for the 42 school districts, 124 charter schools, and five community college districts in the county–and Borrego Solar Systems celebrated the operation of a 1.05-MW solar carport system at its main campus on Linda Vista Drive. The solar power system…
By Kelly Pickerel MGM Resorts International and Chicago-based Invenergy have partnered on a new solar PV array, which will generate 100 MW of clean, renewable energy. The MGM-Invenergy Solar Project will be located 25 miles north of Las Vegas and MGM Resorts will purchase all the energy generated by the project to help power its…
By Kelly Pickerel Pproject partners MCE and sPower commemorated Earth Day 2018 early with a ribbon cutting for MCE Solar One, a 60-acre solar farm in Richmond, California, that provides enough renewable electricity to serve 3,900 MCE customers annually. “MCE’s 10.5-MW solar project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 680 cars…
By Kelsey Misbrener Photo courtesy of Target. America’s top companies are investing in solar in record amounts, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s brand new Solar Means Business 2017 report, which tracks on-site commercial solar installations and ranks top corporate solar users. This year’s report contains data from over 4,000 companies, totaling more than…
By Kelly Pickerel Wunder Capital has raised $112 million in equity and debt financing to accelerate the growth of the company. The Colorado-based company, which connects individual and institutional investors with large-scale solar energy projects in need of financing, will use the funds to scale its platform further and strengthen its position as the market…