Category: Green & Clean
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Explained: How PVCAD Mega integration enables PVSyst to model sites with varying terrain
For nearly three decades, PVSyst has retained its place as the industry-standard software for modeling the yield of PV arrays. However, as one of the oldest photovoltaic software programs, even its greatest champions will admit that the user interface is cumbersome and some of the functionality can be clunkyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Blackstone, GSO commit to $300 million in residential solar loans via Loanpal
Residential solar financier Loanpal announced last week that Blackstone has committed to invest in up to $300 million of residential solar loans originated and serviced on the Loanpal platform, through funds managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners LP. Those GSO funds will provide financing for solar systems for 10,000Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Paralleling power controls: onboard vs. centrally located
Many facilities run several generators in parallel to ensure power reliability and guarantee sufficient emergency or backup power. Paralleling generators in this way improves reliability, increases load management flexibility, manages run time on engines and provides maintenance flexibility reducing generator costs. Synchronizing engine generators to a common bus, operators canRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Greenskies Clean Energy grows commercial storage pipeline thanks to Stem Premier Partner Program
Commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer Greenskies Clean Energy became the first company to hit Premier Partner status in the Stem Partner Program with a required minimum 5 MWh of fulfilled projects. To attain this goal, Greenskies’ team fully completed the three certification tracks as part of Stem University – sales, salesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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DESRI boosts solar fleet performance in all weather conditions with this Nextracker upgrade
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) will be upgrading its entire solar fleet that use Nextracker’s smart solar trackers with TrueCapture energy enhancement and NX Navigator monitoring software. As an initial adopter of the technology, DESRI has played a key role in helping Nextracker optimize the software and develop newRead More — Solar Builder magazine