Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • CBS ArcSafe’s new remote switch actuator

    The CBS ArcSafe RSA-73A is a custom-designed and built remote switch actuator that allows technicians to remotely charge, close, and/or trip General Electric Type HPC High Pressure Contact Switches from a safe distance while remaining stationed outside of the arc-flash boundary. Installation and operation of the CBS ArcSafe RSA-73A is quick, simpleRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Array Technologies Applies Lessons from the Wind Industry to the Solar Sector

    Array Technologies Inc. (ATI) has been a market leader in solar tracking systems for a few decades now, providing solar solutions for utility, commercial and residential electric generation customers. Since 1989, the company has supplied nearly 3 GW of tracking systems across the globe in 250 utility and commercial projectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rayton Solar raises $1 million for reduced-silicone, ‘laser beam’ solar tech

    U.S.-based Rayton Solar Inc is claiming that’s latest innovation (with currently $1 million in seed funding) will make solar energy cheaper than energy produced by fossil fuels. Rayton’s claim is based on the amount of silicon it is using. Rayton says it is using only four microns of silicon (an expensiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunEdison with two acquisitions: Continuum Wind Energy, GME

    SunEdison, one of the world’s largest renewable energy development companies, just got larger, globally, announcing two acquisition agreements – one with Continuum Wind Energy Limited, Singapore, with assets in India, and Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME), Central America’s leading renewable energy company. Continuum Continuum owns and operates 242 MW AC ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • MiaSolé intros new flexible thin-film PV module

    MiaSolé, producer of lightweight, flexible and powerful solar cells, has released its second generation FLEX Series Modules. The FLEX-02 Series module is a CIGS-based flexible thin-film PV module that provides high-power density for many types of roof applications. The panels are the highest efficiency, flexible, thin-film product on the market today,Read More — Solar Builder magazine