Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • 80-MW Solar Farm Approved in NC for Innovative Solar Systems

    Asheville, N.C.-based solar farm developer Innovative Solar Systems has just recently received approvals by Duke Energy for an 80-MW solar farm project in North Carolina. Innovative Solar 37 LLC is an 80-MW solar farm project that will be located in the middle of the state to be built on approximatelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • REC Solar Breaks Ground on 12-MW Hawaiian Solar Array

    REC Solar, a national leader in commercial solar electric system design and installation, today announced that it has commenced construction on a 12-MWac (14.53-MWdc) solar array for Hawaiian utility Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) . With 57,624 panels, the utility solar project will be one of Hawaii’s largest systems upon completion andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Siemens Extends U.S. Product Offering with Two Solar Microinverters

    Siemens today unveiled two new solar microinverters rated for 215- and 250-watt AC output with Integrated Ground technology (IG). The M250 IG microinverter extends the variety of photovoltaic (PV) modules with which the microinverter can now be used to. Modules up to 310W can be used while producing at 96.5Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar to EPC Canada’s Largest Solar Farm at 140 MW

    Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced its wholly-owned subsidiary Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has entered into an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement with Kingston Solar LP, a solar energy project developed by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) for the construction of a 140-MWdcRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Growing Your Solar Install Business Through Training

    This year’s Intersolar North America offers many NABCEP credit opportunities. There are no clouds to dampen solar this year: Employment opportunities in the U.S. solar industry are experiencing unprecedented growth. In 2013, solar jobs grew 20 percent — 10 times the national job growth average, signaling that the industry isRead More — Solar Builder magazine