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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • BayWa r.e. enters module business in Australia, acquiring Solarmatrix

    BayWa AG, Munich, through its subsidiary BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH, acquired the photovoltaic distributor Solarmatrix based in the West Australian city of Perth and thus enters the solar module and components business in Australia. The activities of Solarmatrix will be continued with the company BayWa r.e. Solar Systems PtyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sungrow hits market with 1,500-volt string inverter

    Sungrow released what it is calling the world’s first 1,500-volt string inverter, the SG80HV, at the AsiaSolar 2016 solar tradeshow. The SG80HV has a power output of 80 kW rated at 1,500 VDC. With a 2.5-MW PV power block design, DC side cabling costs can be reduced by 30 percent. Sungrow’s patented five-level topologyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI Preview: Eight innovations for rooftop mounting at SPI

    Advanced Racking (booth W1113) specializes in the design, manufacturing and sale of PV mounting systems for all types of roof tops and will be debuting a new solution at SPI — the Total Roof Platform (TRP) — that they say is the first system to standardize rooftop mounting hardware. TRPRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI Preview: Solar-plus-storage solutions for homes to microgrids

    The solar-plus-storage revolution has only just begun, but there are some great systems of varying size, scale and scope that you need to check out on the show floor this year at SPI. Princeton Power Systems (booth 1075), a global energy storage solutions company, is showcasing its Energy Storage IQRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunPower constructs 4.8-MW carport on two California campuses

    California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) are constructing a 4.8-megawatt SunPower Helix Carport solar power system at two university parking areas. CSULB will purchase the solar power generated by the system under a power purchase agreement that offers competitive rates, enabling the university to offset approximatelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine