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  • Solar hits No. 1 source of new electric generating additions, doubles own install record in 2016

    The solar industry will continue to be tough to ignore politically if it keeps posting numbers like this: the United States solar market nearly doubled its annual record, topping out at 14,625 MW of solar PV installed in 2016, according to a sneak peek at the U.S. Solar Market InsightRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Accidental Creation of a New Material That can Capture Water from Air

    Some of the most groundbreaking scientific discoveries happened by accident and now there’s another one to add to the list. A team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has accidently created a material that can capture water from the humidity in the air. They were trying to create magnetic…

  • Check out the largest PV plant in Hawaii (Exosun trackers commissioned)

    Exosun, worldwide leading supplier of advanced, cost-effective solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) plants, has successfully commissioned its solar trackers on the 40 MWp EE Waianae Solar Project in Hawaii. The Waianae solar plant, developed by Eurus Energy America, with project design and construction by REC Solar, situated inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Investor outlook: Four solar companies to watch as the industry matures

    The following perspective was shared with us via Financialbuzz.com Over the course of the last several years the solar industry has finally gone mainstream. A recent research published on December 12, 2016 by The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) shows how much progress has been made. The U.S. installed 4,143Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • A Tiny Home for a Family of Four

    Most people with a family would not even consider moving into a tiny home, but it might not be such a far-fetched idea, as the so-called Brown Bear tiny house, proves. The home was designed and built by Alpine Tiny Homes of Utah. Despite it’s diminutive size, it is still large and spacious enough to…