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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • GameChange Solar receives UL 2703 approval for rivets as alternate module mounting hardware

      GameChange Solar successfully completed grounding and bonding testing under ETL/UL 2703 for use of rivets as an alternate panel mounting hardware as well as in some cases for attachment of certain components in racking structures for fixed tilt and tracker systems for use with both framed modules and thin-filmRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Vision Solar chooses Silfab modules for 12 MW of projects across six states

    Silfab Solar signed a long-term partnership with residential solar installer Vision Solar to supply the company with all-black, high-quality modules and delivery of 12 MW for projects across the six states that Vision Solar services. Vision Solar has become the second largest residential solar company headquartered in Utah and 15th largestRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Microgrid capacity is on the rise in the U.S. (could reach 4.3 GW by 2020)

    An emerging shift away from single-entity owned and operated projects is greatly improving microgrid project economics in the U.S. microgrid market. In its newly released report, “U.S. Microgrids 2016: Market Drivers, Analysis and Forecast,” GTM Research provides conceptual explanations, analysis of customer drivers and emerging ownership models, and detailed segmentationsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NEXTracker acquires predictive modeling software company BrightBox

    NEXTracker has acquired BrightBox Technologies, Inc., a predictive modeling software and machine-learning technologies company. This acquisition will broaden NEXTracker’s capability for advanced diagnostics and real-time control of solar tracking systems. The added capability will deliver accelerated commissioning time and increased energy yield of NEXTracker systems globally. “This acquisition amplifies NEXTracker’s software engineering resources, includingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rooftop trackers? Edisun to debut the PV Booster at SPI

    Edisun Microgrids, a company created at Idealab, has launched an entirely new tracker concept called the PV Booster. This would be the only dual-axis solar tracker designed and built for the commercial and industrial rooftop sector. Edisun says PV Booster’s technology yields 20 percent better solar rooftop economics than conventionalRead More — Solar Builder magazine