Category: Green & Clean
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Ampt configures i50 string optimizer to boost solar tracker ROI
The DC optimizer experts at Ampt released the i50 String Optimizer earlier this year. The i50 features enhanced capabilities for utility-scale solar power plants that use high-power PV modules and solar trackers to lower the total cost of PV power plants. Ampt String Optimizers are DC/DC converters that deliver full available power from the PV……
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LONGi reports on carbon emissions reduction efforts
The embodied carbon of a solar panel is a metric of interest for many clean energy buyers. In its 2023 Climate Action White Paper, released at COP28, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., reports that it slashed operational emissions per revenue unit by nearly 40 percent in 2022. Additionally, 47 percent of LONGi’s total electricity consumption……
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CPS adds 25A fuses to 1500 V solar inverters
As the solar PV industry moves toward larger module power generation capacities and short circuit current ratings, many large PV system DC circuits now require 25A rated fuses. To meet this need, CPS America is now producing its 100/125kW inverter standard/distributed wire-boxes and 250/275kW V2 inverters with 25A fuses installed. This product improvement/change is now……
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Solar champions outraged by CPUC decisions that (further) gut net billing incentives
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved further cutbacks to the state’s net billing incentives for distributed solar and storage systems — eroding economic value of new systems beyond what California’s solar installers (and customers) anticipated. The move is its third iteration of its Net Metering policy, referred to as NEM 3, a reversal of……
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San Diego’s Frontwave Arena taps Baker Electric to provide 797 kW rooftop solar system
San Diego’s newest sports and entertainment arena has inked a local partnership with Baker Electric to provide renewable energy. Baker will install a 1,350-panel rooftop solar array and large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for the 7,500 capacity multi-purpose Frontwave Arena in North San Diego County. The 797.09 kWdc solar system is anticipated to contribute……