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  • Solar tracker certified: Arctracker Pro readies for U.S. market with UL certification

    Recently, the flagship product of Arctech Solar, Arctracker Pro with the world’s first invented redundancy design, obtained the first UL tracker certificates in China. Arctech Solar is also the first and the only Chinese company approved by UL. Arctracker Pro has met the UL2703 and UL3703 requirements set by ULRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Small solar installers, system ownership biggest winners in down residential solar market

    GTM Research keeps the books on the solar market place. According to its U.S. Residential Solar Update 2017, the second half of 2016 showed the first big decline for the U.S. residential solar market. That looks like a negative, and for the largest installation companies out there, it is, butRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New solar+storage partnership coming from PetersenDean Roofing, Sunverge

    Leading energy storage developer Sunverge Energy and national solar installer PetersenDean Roofing & Solar are partnering to provide energy storage systems to homeowners in California. The partnership helps meet two important goals for PetersenDean, which installs about 2,000 rooftop solar systems each month nationally: Providing PetersenDean customers with intelligently managedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sustainable Solar-Powered Communities Built on Parking Lots

    The British architecture firm ZED Factory came up with a clever concept for a solar-powered home, which would be installed over existing parking lots to build sustainable communities and help combat the urban housing shortage. The idea behind it is to utilize the space taken up by parking lots, which is often quite large. Each…

  • Panasonic backs up high-efficiency HIT solar modules with 25-year warranty

    Panasonic Eco Solutions North America took a big step forward in guaranteeing the long-term viability of its HIT high-efficiency photovoltaic module, with the introduction of one of the longest product workmanship warranty in the residential solar industry. The warranty for HIT panels now extends to 25 years, backing up theRead More — Solar Builder magazine