Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Strata Solar Completes Nine Solar Projects in North Carolina

    Strata Solar, a leading utility-scale solar provider, announced today it has installed nine utility-scale solar projects across North Carolina using more than $100 million of tax-equity financing provided by a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. North Carolina utility Progress Energy Carolinas will purchase the power. The projects produce enough electricity to power 5,000 households and displaceRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fronius USA Launches New Online Calculator for Inverter Lifetime Costs

    Fronius USA recently contributed to a panel discussion on solar inverter reliability at the Greentech Media Solar Summit in Phoenix, Ariz. Particularly of interest, the organization began the discussion with the statement that all solar inverters will eventually fail. Thomas Enzendorfer, Director of Solar Energy, further explained that this isRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Swinerton Renewable Energy Installs Array Technologies Trackers at 18-MW Solar Farm

    The Westlands Solar Farms site is now operational and employs more than 77,000 solar modules mounted on Array Technologies’ DuraTrack HZ single-axis tracking technology. The 18-MW solar project was constructed by Swinerton Renewable Energy, a world-class turnkey solutions provider. The power produced by Westlands Solar Farms will be sold toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • JinkoSolar to Supply 37.2 MW of Solar Panels to California Projects

    JinkoSolar Holding Co. will supply 38.7 MW of PV modules to EDP Renovaveis, a leading Independent Power Producer in the global renewable energy sector, for two solar parks in San Bernadino County, Calif. JinkoSolar will provide approximately 120,000 high-efficiency solar panels for the construction of both the Lone Valley Solar ParkRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SMA Adds Two Models to Sunny Boy TL-US Line of Inverters

    SMA has added two new models to its popular Sunny Boy TL-US line of transformerless inverters with Secure Power Supply. Ideal for smaller, service-constrained systems and larger residential PV projects, respectively, the Sunny Boy 3800TL-US and 6000TL-US include the capability to provide daytime power in the event of a gridRead More — Solar Builder magazine