Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Ideal Power, KACO team on 360-kW solar+storage system in Alberta, Canada
Ideal Power Inc. has some cool power conversion technologies (here’s an in-depth look at one). The innovator just received a 360-kW purchase order from KACO new energy to supply its 3-port, grid-resilient 30kW Power Conversion Systems (PCS) for the Living Energy Project at the Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre in Alberta,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Check out APsystem’s new Energy Monitoring and Analysis website
APsystems just launched a new, redesigned version of its Energy Monitoring & Analysis (EMA) website. Let’s check it out. What’s new? The web-based platform, available for free on any connected device, monitors and reports module-level energy production of solar arrays which utilize APsystems inverters and provides that information to homeowners andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar stronger than ever? Q3 2016 breaks PV installation record, but residential slows
The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic installation records. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Q4 2016 U.S. Solar Market Insight report, 4,143 megawatts (MW) of solar PV were installed in the U.S. in the third quarter of the year,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar gives back: Freedom Solar hosting benefit to fundraise for Haiti orphanage project
Freedom Solar Power and ABC Home & Commercial Services are teaming up to bring a 100 percent sustainable off-grid solar system to an orphanage in Haiti that currently does not have electricity. Freedom Solar will host a benefit on Dec. 15 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Summit RooftopRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report: Building-integrated PV to hit $4.3 billion by 2021
Don’t call it a comeback because it’s been here for years. According to the “Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Technologies and Global Markets”report, the global market for BIPV technologies will grow from $2.4 billion in 2016 to $4.3 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.2% for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine