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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • SolarWorld Americas now decides to join Suniva’s 201 trade petition

    SolarWorld always agreed with the premise that Chinese competition was unfair for the U.S. solar module market, but it sounded to us like SolarWorld was still against Suniva’s 201 petition, noting that it preferred that “any action to be taken against unfair trade shall consider all parts of the U.S. solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Startup Forward Labs says it has a solar roof to compete with (beat?) Tesla’s

    Forward Labs, a Palo Alto-based start-up, has begun taking pre-orders for the company’s new solar roofing system in the San Francisco Bay Area that immediately stands out for its differentiation from Tesla’s solar roof product details. For example, while the current color scheme of other solar roofs is black, theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • This Nevada bill will reinstate net metering, revive residential solar business

    Nevada just can’t make up its mind. After incentivizing residential solar installations, and then turning around and killing them, and then grandfathering early adopters back in, well, the passage of Nevada Assembly Bill 405 (38-2 vote) could reinstate a net metering approach that will once again incentivize residential solar installations.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Facebook adding Array Technologies solar trackers to new data center

    Array Technologies, Inc., (ATI) a leader in the solar tracking industry, is partnering with Affordable Solar to install trackers at Facebook’s upcoming data center located in Los Lunas, N.M. Array has been selected to provide trackers for three 10 MW-AC sites to help Facebook’s newest data center be powered 100 percent by renewable energy.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sol Voltaics says nanowire breakthrough could boost PV module power by 50 percent

    Advanced photovoltaic materials company Sol Voltaics has taken a significant leap towards commercializing its highly anticipated, efficiency-boosting solar technology by completing the manufacture of PV nanowires using its proprietary Aerotaxy process. The breakthrough paves the way for Sol Voltaics to bring its SolFilm PV solutions to market delivering solar moduleRead More — Solar Builder magazine