Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Survey your next solar site with this autonomous robot from TerraSmart #SPI

    TerraSmart may have revolutionized solar site surveying at Solar Power International this year, introducing a fully autonomous robot, called the Autonomous Precision Survey Rover (APSR), that will handle survey stake-out functions (booth 2145). “Our main goal is to increase the velocity and accuracy with which we survey. A typical surveyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sharp offering financing for C&I solar-plus-storage projects (12 MW coming within 12 months)

    Sharp Electronics Corporation’s Energy Systems and Services Group is now offering financing for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar PV systems coupled with its SmartStorage energy storage solution. The program is dedicated to $0 down financing for solar projects integrated with Sharp’s SmartStorage behind-the-meter energy storage system and is available toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Multiple PV manufacturers integrate new cell-string optimizer technology from Maxim

    New cell-string optimizer technology from Maxim Integrated Products Inc. allows photovoltaic panels to harvest significantly more energy and simplifies design complexity for solar installation projects. Maxim’s cell-string optimizers are highly integrated DC-DC converters that replace the bypass diode and perform maximum power point tracking (MPPT) deep inside the PV module.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI Preview: Check out these five inverters on the show floor

    APsystems’ YC500i offers trunk cable, integrated ground The new YC500i with EnergyMax is APsystems’ newest microinverter, offering 548-W peak output on an advanced, proven dual-module platform. The YC500i offers trunk cable connectivity with internal ground for installers and jurisdictions that prefer trunk-based system designs. It complements the company’s flagship YC500Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar industry sees 43 percent growth in second quarter

    Growing 43 percent year over year, the U.S. saw 2,051 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) installed in the second quarter of 2016. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, this marks the eleventh consecutive quarter in which more thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine