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  • Casa El Tiemblo: A Modern Shipping Container Home

    Casa El Tiemblo, or Tiemblo House, got its name from the picaresque region in which it is located, namely, El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain. It was built using six repurposed shipping containers and was designed by Infiniski and built by James & Mau Architectura. It measures a luxurious 190 square meters (623 square feet). To construct…

  • AET Launches New Rayport-B ECO Solar Mounting System

    AET (Applied Energy Technologies) has launched a new product to complement its ECO line: the Rayport-B ECO roof ballast system. AET will have the Rayport-B ECO on display at Solar Power International (booth #2327) from October 20-23, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. The Rayport-B ECO joins aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • JinkoSolar Supplied 34 MW of Solar Modules to sPower Projects

    JinkoSolar Holding Co., a global leader in the PV industry, today announced it supplied 34 MW of solar modules to sPower for four solar power projects in Antelope Valley, California. According to the terms of the contract, JinkoSolar supplied approximately 115,000 of its 305-W high-efficiency solar PV modules to sPower forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Border Solar to Install Roof Tech Mounting Systems on New Housing Development

    Roof Tech, a provider of innovative PV solar mounting solutions for residential and commercial projects, has been selected to provide its rail-less mounting solution to Border Solar of El Paso, Texas, for a major new development of single-family homes. When completed, the project will encompass installation of Roof Tech’s signatureRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Printed Castle Heralds the Future

    Building homes using 3D printing technology is still a new idea, but one day it could well become one of the top construction solutions. Especially if the technology keeps developing at such a fast pace. The most recent successfully completed 3D printing project is a small concrete castle created by US-based Andrey Rudenko. He built…