Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Report: When given the choice, homeowners are going with premium modules
The Solar Marketplace Intel Report released by EnergySage for the first half of 2017 – in which EnergySage examines the results of traffic and sales to its third-party solar marketplace – shows that PV system costs in several states fell below $3/Watt – while interest in premium panels increased. ShoppersRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report by TÜV Rheinland explains how Array Technologies trackers drive O&M costs down 37 percent
Array Technologies announced results of an independent analysis by TÜV Rheinland that indicates Array’s flagship tracker, the DuraTrack HZ v3, delivers 4 Cents/Watt DC higher Net Present Value (NPV) and 6.7 percent lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), driven by 37 percent lower lifetime O&M costs. The analysis found thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sungrow’s 1,500-volt central inverter receives UL 1741-SA certification
Sungrow’s 1,500Vdc turnkey station, the SG2500U, received its UL 1741-SA certification, a stringent grid interconnection requirement which will be required for North American projects in the near future, making it the first central inverter to receive do so. The containerized 2.5-MW SG2500U, Sungrow’s leading 1500-V central inverter product, features highRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sungevity 2.0 continues to grow: Horizon Solar Power, Solar Spectrum acquire two more companies
Recently merged Horizon Solar Power and Solar Spectrum – a move that revived the Sungevity brand — have announced definitive agreements for two more acquisitions. Horizon has acquired BrightCurrent, a large retail marketing services provider for solar and other clean energy home services; Solar Spectrum has acquired the solar salesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Nevados Engineering solar tracker system eliminates grading, excavation
San Francisco-based Nevados Engineering has developed an all-terrain, single axis tracking system and was just awarded $3 million in combined funds from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative and the California Energy Commission (CEC) through its Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program for its efforts. Nevados Engineering says itsRead More — Solar Builder magazine