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  • sonnen’s new residential storage unit offered at 40 percent lower price

    We’ve had our eye on sonnen since it finally jumped into the U.S. residential market last year. The company’s latest announcement, just in time for Intersolar, is a new energy storage at a significantly reduced price: up to 40 percent the cost of its other products. The sonnenBatterie eco compactRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Eaton Provides New Higher-Power Solar and Energy Storage Inverter Designs to Reduce Costs for Utility-Scale Projects

    Power management company Eaton today announced new higher-power models of its Power Xpert(r) Solar and energy storage inverters for grid-tied utility-scale projects. Eaton Power Xpert 2,000-kilowatt (kW) and 2,200 kW solar inverters and 2,500 kW energy storage inverters provide some of the highest power ratings for grid-tied, utility-scale projects. “EatonRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tiny Paris Apartment Reborn

    It’s getting harder and harder to find adequate and affordable living spaces in big cities across the world, so it’s really nice to see all the ingenious solutions people are coming up with to solve these problems. The latest such solution comes from French architect Jérôme Vinçon who turned a tiny apartment with a 17-foot…

  • Post-Brexit: KACO brings on new sales manager in United Kingdom, Ireland

    KACO new energy, a global PV inverter manufacturer, has appointed a new sales manager for the North of the UK and Northern Ireland. Carl Cook, who has enormous sales experience and an outstanding track record, takes over the sales activities in the aforementioned areas. His work will focus in particularRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • A consumer’s guide to community solar via SEIA, Coalition for Community Solar Access

    In an effort to increase consumer understanding when choosing community solar, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) are debuting the Residential Consumer Guide to Community Solar. The new guide provides consumers with an overview of community solar, expert tips on how toRead More — Solar Builder magazine