Category: Solar Power & Energy
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SEPA report: How to improve community solar models
Community solar projects are popular and popping up across the country, but not all of these programs — which allow people to buy into a local project and benefit from their share of the electricity it generates — are equally successful. The numbers, according to a recent survey byRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunLink to build out PowerCare security tech with new exec hire
SunLink Corp. continues to grow its executive strength with the addition of James Ray as vice president of software engineering. Ray brings a wealth of experience from the financial security space and joins SunLink at the perfect time as the company rolls out its expanded suite of PowerCare services, including intelligent, next-generationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tri Global Energy creates new solar business unit, acquires K12Solar
Tri Global Energy, a renewable energy company with utility-scale wind energy projects, has added solar to its portfolio of renewable energy resources with the formation of a new business unit — TGE Solar — and the acquisition of K12Solar, a California-based provider of roof-top solar photovoltaic energy systems. Tri GlobalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Inside the new DEGER single-axis tracker (making North American debut)
DEGER is a German company in the business of solar tracking systems, with a giant product portfolio for single- and dual-axis solar trackers. Its market position is based on the unique, patented “Maximum Light Detection” or MLD technology that makes it possible to increase the yield of solar power plants through the use of “intelligent” control.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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How energy storage helps solar’s long-term value problem
There has been noise recently about the future economic viability of solar energy generation. The thinking is basic supply-and-demand: Solar hits peak generation during the day, when there is limited demand. So, the more solar that gets installed, the more it will compete with itself and drive down the pricesRead More — Solar Builder magazine