Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Global microgrid lessons will be shared at upcoming New York conference
HOMER Energy will host its fourth annual Microgrid Conference at Columbia University in New York, Nov. 7-8 2016, drawing experienced microgrid developers from all over the world with the theme “Microgrids Lessons from Global Markets.” HOMER Energy founder and CEO Peter Lilienthal will elaborate on that theme as a keynoteRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Which retailer tops the list for solar installed capacity in 2016?
Target has grabbed the top spot among American businesses that are going solar. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) revealed Target’s ascension to the top of the list in its 2016 Solar Means Business report, which found that more American businesses are installing solar than ever before. Adding more solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Airbnb, SolarCity partner to offer customer rebates on solar installs
As if conjured directly from a thinkpiece on millennials, Airbnb and SolarCity Corp. are partnering on a rebate program. The idea is to connect Airbnb hosts and guests with an affordable and sustainable way to power their homes with solar energy and further drive the connection between the environment and theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Panasonic might produce PV modules for SolarCity at new plant
Panasonic Corp. is making bigger and bigger moves in the solar industry. The company already had a relationship with Tesla Motors as a battery partner, but will now is in discussions to manufacture its PV cells and modules at the big new SolarCity facility planned for Buffalo, N.Y., pending theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Update on the commercial prospects of perovskite solar cells
In our worst Seinfeld impersonation voice we ask, “what’s the deal with perovskite solar cells?” The National Renewable Energy Labratory (NREL) answers us by noting that a strategy for producing stable and commercially available perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has been proposed by Kai Zhu and Keith Emery in collaboration with Nam-Gyu Park (Korea), MichaelRead More — Solar Builder magazine