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  • Sungrow hits market with 1,500-volt string inverter

    Sungrow released what it is calling the world’s first 1,500-volt string inverter, the SG80HV, at the AsiaSolar 2016 solar tradeshow. The SG80HV has a power output of 80 kW rated at 1,500 VDC. With a 2.5-MW PV power block design, DC side cabling costs can be reduced by 30 percent. Sungrow’s patented five-level topologyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI Preview: Eight innovations for rooftop mounting at SPI

    Advanced Racking (booth W1113) specializes in the design, manufacturing and sale of PV mounting systems for all types of roof tops and will be debuting a new solution at SPI — the Total Roof Platform (TRP) — that they say is the first system to standardize rooftop mounting hardware. TRPRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI Preview: Solar-plus-storage solutions for homes to microgrids

    The solar-plus-storage revolution has only just begun, but there are some great systems of varying size, scale and scope that you need to check out on the show floor this year at SPI. Princeton Power Systems (booth 1075), a global energy storage solutions company, is showcasing its Energy Storage IQRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sol Pod Makes a Great Workspace

    Vina Lustado, a designer from California recently created a quaint tiny studio. It’s a mobile (towable) structure, which can serve many purposes, such as an additional workspace, home office, guesthouse, or even vacation cabin. It’s called Sol Pod and, as the name suggests, it gets its electricity from the sun. The mobile studio is made…

  • The Sensible Approach to Sustainable Housing

    Green technology is amazing. You have heard it all. Green houses, sustainable homes, solar panels, eco-friendly fuel, and so on. All that new green technology (or greentech) is growing in popularity and providing all the necessary tools for us to “save the world”. Green ways of waste disposal, green ways of handling your rubbish, and…