Category: Solar Power & Energy
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LONGi’s bifacial PERC solar cells hit world record ‘bifaciality’
The National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Products Quality (CPVT) issued an independent test report showing that LONGi Solar’s bifacial PERC monocrystalline cells achieved a world record bifaciality of 82.15%. For comparison’s sake, the bifaciality of bifacial PERC cells in the market is about 75 percent. LONGiRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts makes energy storage a priority with $20 million in grants
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources was awarded $20 million in grants to 26 projects that will develop the region’s energy storage market. This number actually doubles the administration’s original funding plans. Overall, these projects will benefit 25 communities and draw in $32 million in matching funds, helping to grow theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Check out this 1.6-MW solar install for California’s Gilroy Unified School District
If you need a reminder of the booming solar + school trend, Gilroy Unified School District (GUSD), a K-12 school district with more than 11,300 students, just completed a 1.6 MW PV system PPA expected to save $1.5 million in energy costs over 25 years. The three solar shade structure installations atRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Mosaic adds Solaria PowerXT modules to financing platform
The availability of Solaria’s PowerXT modules keeps growing. Mosaic, one of the top providers of solar loan financing for homeowners, has added them to its solar financing platform. Solaria modules’ inclusion in Mosaic’s solar financing platform shows that the PowerXT module is among solar’s bankable products. “This new relationship is going to empower additionalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SB Buzz Podcast: Fronius’ Dan Fortson on the future of inverters, how he’d fix energy policy
Dan Fortson, applications engineer for Fronius USA, is a lifer in the solar energy – starting back in the wild west days of the ‘80s, learning from the early off-grid PV pioneers to now working for one of the top inverter brands in the industry. He has seen a lot over the years, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine