Tag: PV modules

  • Stäubli touts crimp-free MC4 connector

    With the MC4-Evo ready Stäubli launches a new crimp-free cable coupler within its Original MC4 product portfolio. The MC4-Evo ready is an easy-to-use and quickly-to-assemble PV connector for solar installations up to 1500 V DC. The assembly of this new connector is crimp-free based on Stäubli’s snap-in-technology. This feature eases and speeds up assembly and……

  • Raptor Maps finds $4.6 billion annual revenue loss in Global Solar Report

    A new report from Raptor Maps has data that starkly showcases the underperformance of solar assets. The sixth edition of the Global Solar Report finds that global revenue loss due to equipment-driven underperformance last year reached $4.6 billion. In addition, the report showed power loss due to equipment anomalies on solar farms rose from 3.13%……

  • Silfab Solar to purchase recycled PV glass from SOLARCYCLE’s planned U.S. facility

    North American PV solar manufacturer Silfab Solar is expanding its solar panel recycling agreement with SOLARCYCLE, and will also purchase ultra-low carbon domestic glass for its U.S. solar panel production. “We are pleased to announce Silfab as anchor customer for our ultra-low carbon domestic glass made in America from recycled solar panels,” said Suvi Sharma,……

  • Longroad energy closes financing for Arizona solar + storage project | Solar Financing Spotlight

    In this installment of the Solar Financing Spotlight, we look at Longroad Energy’s newest solar + storage project in Arizona, while Sol Systems and Box Power secure financing and Standard Solar acquires a new portfolio.   Longroad Energy announced the financial close of Serrano, its 220 MWdc solar and 214 MWac / 855 MWh storage……

  • Trina Solar modules earn Carbon Footprint of Products Verification from UL Solutions

    UL Solutions granted Trina Solar‘s full range of n-type modules its Carbon Footprint of Products Verification. The award was presented at a ceremony in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, on March 4. The granting of the certification follows the requirements of ISO 14067 and life cycle assessment methodology, and estimates the total carbon emissions of the cradle-to-gate……