Tag: modules

  • Ziegler Energy signs 3-year purchase agreement for Heliene U.S.-manufactured solar modules

    Ziegler Energy Solutions and Heliene Inc. are partnering to provide solar power solutions to municipal, commercial and industrial companies across the Midwest. The companies have inked a three-year purchase agreement for Heliene to provide solar modules for Ziegler projects and a joint commitment to bring domestically sourced and manufactured solar energy solutions to support customers in the region….…

  • Trina Solar tapped for rooftop PV system to serve affordable housing non-profit in Austin, TX

    Affordable-housing nonprofit Foundation Communities partnered with Spear Commercial & Industrial and Trina Solar US to commission a rooftop solar PV system at its Waterloo Terrace apartment complex in Austin, Texas. Foundation Communities owns and operates 23 affordable-housing communities across Austin and three in North Texas. Currently, the organization plans to open three new facilities in……

  • Panasonic might produce PV modules for SolarCity at new plant

    Panasonic Corp. is making bigger and bigger moves in the solar industry. The company already had a relationship with Tesla Motors as a battery partner, but will now is in discussions to manufacture its PV cells and modules at the big new SolarCity facility planned for Buffalo, N.Y., pending theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Thin-film module maker Solar Frontier surpasses 4 GW globally

    We have a thin-film segment update coming in our Nov/Dec issue. Spoiler: there are some things happening there. Case in point, Solar Frontier reports that the total cumulative shipments of its CIS thin-film solar panels have surpassed 4 GW, now reaching approximately 60 countries around the world. Some of the 11Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • World of solar news: Dutch company ZEP debuts sun roof tile

    Maybe solar roofs really will be the next big thing. SolarCity aside, by developing existing ceramic roof tiles with integrated solar cells, Dutch company ZEP has presented the world’s first sun roof tile, making each roof suitable for generating solar energy. Although the first black solar roof tiles have beenRead More — Solar Builder magazine