Category: Solar Power & Energy
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RWE’s West of Pecos Texas solar project is now online
RWE announced it has achieved commercial operation on its West of the Pecos solar project, located in Reeves County, Texas, approximately 75 miles southwest of Midland-Odessa. West of the Pecos is a 100 megawatt (MWac) solar plant located on more than 700 acres leased from Texas Pacific Land Trust andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Webinar: How to Value High Efficiency Solar Panels in Residential Applications
Solar Builder is running an exclusive on academic research into the value high-effciency solar panels bring to residential applications. The findings will be in an article in our Q1 print issue (subscribe for free here), but the researchers will also be explaining their findings (and taking questions) in a SolarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower names CFO for Maxeon, plans to eliminate 3 percent of its workforce
SunPower is kicking off 2020 with annoucements and filings connected to its split into two independent (but aligned) publicly-traded companies in November last year – SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies, the latter being the manufacturer of its solar panels. “SunPower Corp is exiting from the manufacturing business to strengthen its focusRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Wanna drop lead-acid? Everything you need to know to replace a lead-acid battery bank with LFP batteries
For homeowners who live off-grid, prepping for winter weather and months with lower solar production means ensuring that their solar+energy storage system is able to produce enough power to endure long, cold nights and periods of inclement weather. Most off-grid systems rely on flooded lead acid (FLA) batteries to provideRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on new features added to the SolarEdge commercial Designer tool
SolarEdge sent word that it’s introducing an extended feature set on its free web-based Designer tool that specifically supports commercial PV systems at every stage of the design process. What’s new? To help maximize self-consumption in commercial projects, users can now select the most suitable consumption profile from a listRead More — Solar Builder magazine