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  • Solar FlexRack completes Black & Veatch bankability study of its Turnkey Tracker

    Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and tracking solutions, announced today that Black & Veatch has performed a bankability study of its TDPTM Turnkey Tracker. The technical report covers the tracker’s design, reliability, durability, installation, operations and maintenance. According to GTMRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Mosaic adds Boviet Solar USA to approved solar vendor list

      Mosaic, one of the nation’s top residential solar lending companies, is adding Boviet Solar USA, the North American arm of Boviet Solar Technology Co., to its Approved Vendor List. What this means is installers will now be able to include Boviet’s high-performance solar modules in their plans to ensureRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Soligent solar contractors can now access PACE financing through Ygrene

    Ygrene Energy Fund, Inc., a provider of residential, multifamily and commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, and solar distributor Soligent have reached an agreement to expand their services and increase access to affordable materials and solar financing. What will this do? The partnership provides participating contractors access to Soligent’s Tier 1 pricingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV breakthrough: Thin-film solar cells can now be mapped in 3-D as they absorb photons

    Next-generation solar cells made of super-thin films of semiconducting material hold promise because they’re relatively inexpensive and flexible enough to be applied just about anywhere. Researchers are working to dramatically increase the efficiency at which thin-film solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But it’s a tough challenge, partly because aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Meet Ice Cub: a nifty new home energy storage device and HVAC system

    Ice Energy, a leading provider of distributed thermal energy storage solutions, has launched the Ice Cub – a reimagined way to cool and heat the home, store energy and optimize solar PV. Building upon Ice Energy’s patented thermal energy storage and load management technology, the Ice Cub is designed toRead More — Solar Builder magazine