LEED Points

Author: LEED Blogger

  • Details on Fronius Solar.web functionality updates

    Fronius Solar Energy recently overhauled its Fronius Solar.web online portal to provide a better experience to monitor and analyze data from their systems. Among the new features available is a remote update function for the inverter software, which the user can initiate at a click of a button. Fronius has alsoRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Q&A: Seaward talks solar data trends and its cool new gizmo

    Solar Builder: What is the most important data analytics trend or innovation that installers should be paying attention to? Mark Barron of Seaward Solar: Along with ensuring electrical safety on both new and existing installations, it’s also important to measure the actual system performance. Customers invest considerable funds into solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunPower starts construction on 56-MW power plant in Oregon

    SunPower Corp. started construction on the 56-megawatt (AC) Gala Solar Power Plant in Crook County, Ore. The project, which is expected to be the state’s largest operating solar power plant when it is completed by the end of 2017, is anticipated to create approximately 300 jobs during peak construction. “I’veRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • World’s first solar road debuts in France

    Solar power you can drive on has arrived, at least in a Normandy village in France where the first solar panel road is up and running. From the Guardian: A 1km (0.6-mile) route in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels, was inaugurated onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV Pointer: How inverter advancement is leading the way for the solar industry

    For the past decade, the solar energy industry has been focused on reaching grid parity, which occurs when solar energy generates power at a Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) equal to the price of purchasing power from the grid. In many regions around the world and in some states inRead More — Solar Builder magazine