Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Sun Day analysis: Despite its recent peak, nuclear power has been declining for quite some time
The following commentary was sent our way by the Sun Day campaign. Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the partial core meltdown of reactor number 2 at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. [1] The event dramatically slowed whatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Countdown to California 2020 part II: Constructing a new solar pathway
We wrapped our arms around California’s new Building Energy Efficiency standards in Installment I of the Countdown to 2020. In this installment, we take a closer look at how these 80,000 annual additions to the solar pipeline (based on historical averages) will more broadly impact the California solar market. RegulationsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Conti Solar selected as EPC for two NJR Clean Energy Ventures solar projects totaling 20 MW
Conti Solar, a national solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), O&M and energy storage development company, announced it was selected by NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV) to provide EPC services for two commercial solar projects located in Milford and Washington Township, N.J. totaling approximately 20 megawatts (MW). NJRCEV, a subsidiaryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower tops U.S. PV Leaderboard for commercial solar solutions
While solar adoption in the U.S. ticks upward according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, SunPower continues to capture a large share of the distributed generation solar market. In Wood Mackenzie’s latest U.S. PV Leaderboard report made available this month, SunPower remained the No. 1 provider of commercial solar solutionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Get Low: RBI Solar’s new fixed-tilt design sacrifices height for ground coverage
As the solar industry’s quest for maximum energy harvest continues toward bifacial solar tracker systems, RBI Solar feels there is still room to improve upon fixed-tilt ground-mount solar systems with a more specialized, pre-assembled design. The newest addition to its fixed-tilt system portfolio, the Dahlia, is designed to do justRead More — Solar Builder magazine