Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Meet the new KnuckleHead Solar Support from Green Link

    Green Link will be premiering its new KnuckleHead Solar Support at the “Construct Show”, September 13-15, 2017, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI (Booth #411). The new head is designed to support solar arrays at a fixed 15-degree angle while also functioning as an elbow connector whichRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fronius inverters now California Rule 21 compliant

    Fronius USA received UL certification for California’s Rule 21 inverter requirements, which are required in California for new Net Energy Metering (NEM) applications from September 8. What’s Rule 21 again? Rule 21 refers to the generator interconnection requirements of each California Investor-Owned Utility (IOU). A years-long process has been underwayRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Details on new shared solar project for low-income customers from Con Edison

    The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved a large-scale solar project in New York City that will generate clean energy dedicated exclusively to saving low-income customers money on their utility bills while also protecting the environment. This is one of the first “shared solar” systems for low-incomeRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Analyst: ‘Anyone’ can get into solar module manufacturing

    With so much talk about the global module supply these days, and the merits of Suniva’s petition for domestic trade protection, this perspective from investor website Seeking Alpha is worth noting. The impetus for the post is Poland-based plastics manufacturer Hanplast jumping into solar panel manufacturing with a 100-MW panelRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • What’s the impact of the solar eclipse on the solar industry?

    The first total eclipse to impact the contiguous United States since 1979 will take place later this month on August 21, 2017. With enhancements made to their already state-of-the-science system, MDA has utilized cutting edge technologies to model the impacts of the impending eclipse on solar generation potential across theRead More — Solar Builder magazine