Category: Green Building LEED News
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Enteligent adds panel-level optimization to rapid shutdown device
The field of inverter-agnostic rapid shutdown devices that also offer panel-level optimization is small. The latest entrant in this category is power electronics provider Enteligent Inc. The new NMax Rapid Shutdown with Optimization ecosystem will deliver on those two objectives without requiring a proprietary communications network. This brings some crucial alternatives to the market, something……
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Illuminating young minds: Virginia parks department opens solar education facility
The Lynchburg Parks & Recreation Department in Virginia has commissioned a 3.2 kW SolarEdge rooftop solar installation at a popular nature center in Ivy Creek Park. As part of an educational initiative designed to foster early interest in renewable energy amongst local children, the project is one of the first to be funded by Lynchburg……
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Wärtsilä completes UL 9540A testing of GridSolv Quantum ESS
Technology group Wärtsilä achieved an important energy storage system (ESS) safety milestone last week. Its GridSolv Quantum technology successfully completed UL 9540A unit-level testing. Wärtsilä’s fire safety partners and stakeholders – including Intertek, Fire & Risk Alliance, Energy Safety Response Group and Energy Security Agency – oversaw the testing. Fire safety is a major priority……
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Briggs & Stratton readies big push of SimpliPHI ESS for homes, C&I
At the 2023 NABCEP CE Conference, we chatted with Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions about its growing portfolio of energy storage systems, built on the SimpliPHI battery technology it acquired in September 2021. “We are seeing a great deal of interest from both residential and commercial markets in our energy storage systems especially with the……
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The Pitch | The case for elevated dual-axis solar trackers with Stracker Solar
Rooftop solar doesn’t work for all customers, and conventional ground-mount and carport solar structures don’t fit all sites and project objectives. This is where elevated dual-axis solar trackers can come into play. Here to make the Pitch for elevated dual-axis trackers and the added value they can provide is Jeff Sharpe, Founder and COO of……