Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Solar bad for the poor? SEIA fights Wall Street Journal op-ed
The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece a few weeks ago titled “This Child Doesn’t Need a Solar Panel” with the subhead “Spending billions of dollars on climate-related aid in countries that need help with tuberculosis, malaria and malnutrition.” The intentions of the columnist might have been in aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar ag boost: More USDA loans, grants available for renewable projects
The ag sector is an important one for solar, so the announcement last week from the USDA that it is awarding loans and grants that will help more than 1,100 rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy usage and costs in their operations is a welcome one. The funding isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sungrow inverters installed in 2.25-MW carport in Florida
Sungrow supplied its 60-kw string inverter to a 2.25 MW Lockheed Martin-owned solar carport — a 151,400-sq-ft solar array covering the parking lot at its facility near Clearwater, Fla. The project represents Florida’s largest, private solar array. Lockheed Martin and lead contractor Advanced Green Technologies broke ground on the projectRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar software provider Sighten closes $3.5M funding round (check out what it does)
The Sighten platform helps to connect solar companies and investors in a way that optimizes businesses and drives growth and efficiency through technology. The company is trying to offer the most advanced software toolset for solar — a comprehensive and flexible platform spanning the entire project lifecycle from initial lead to ongoingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Smart DC solar module to optimize power output, wireless communication
Wuxi Suntech Power Co., produces solar products for residential, commercial, industrial and utility applications and has delivered more than 30 million PV panels, or 9 GWs, of installed capacity to more than 1,000 customers in more than 80 countries. The company’s latest innovation is a new smart solar DC module that integrates theRead More — Solar Builder magazine