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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • JinkoSolar strengthens its glass, crystalline silicon supply chain

    JinkoSolar shored up aspects of its supply chain last week. JinkoSolar Holding Co., signed a “strategic cooperation agreement” with Tongwei Co., Ltd. to jointly invest in a high-purity crystalline silicon project with annual capacity of 45,000 metric tons and a silicon wafer project with an annual production capacity of 15GW,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Three wire management tips for residential solar installers

    As part of our Wire and Cable Management Buyer’s Guide, we asked manufacturers for some installation tips. Here is what they had to say. Working off the roof. Installers are still doing most of the wire management assembly once they are up on the roof. We have seen several installersRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out Megger’s new Solar Clamp Meter (measures up to 2,000 Vdc)

    Megger now offers a solar clamp meter that can measure up to 2,000 V DC and 1,500 V AC (using PVHV leads) during installation, maintenance, monitoring and testing of photovoltaic systems and standard AC or DC electrical equipment. The DCM1500S can also measure AC and DC current up to 1,500Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • MGE announces plans to purchase solar and storage from Paris Solar-Battery Park

    Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, is seeking approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to purchase 20 megawatts of solar energy and 11 megawatts of battery storage from the 200-megawatt Paris Solar-Battery Park.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Missouri legislature, electric co-ops look to charge solar customers more

    The Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) sent word that the state’s upcoming HB539 and SB178 bills, which seek to modify the state’s net-metering program, could negatively impact homeowners and small businesses who generate their own solar power. While current law prohibits utilities from charging distributed generation (solar) customers differently thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine