Category: Green Building LEED News
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Battery capacity vs. operating temperature: Sizing a storage system when ambient temperatures vary
One of the most common questions asked by PV Installers, as well as customers, is how to properly size and charge a battery bank in places where ambient temperatures may vary considerably throughout the year. Temperature affects battery performance in two ways. The standard capacity rating of a battery isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunport’s S6 flexible solar module with Metal Wrap Through aims to change BIPV
Sunport Power says it has optimized its S6 flexible module product in a way that could grow the BIPV market. After launching in 2018 and later achieving a successful production on pilot line, S6 was continuously upgraded and optimized by Sunport Power’s R&D team, hitting a module efficiency of 21.2%Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Alabama’s largest solar project sold to Ørsted via Longroad Energy
Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, closed the financing and sale of the Muscle Shoals Solar project, a 294 MW project located in Colbert County, Ala. Ørsted, the global renewable energy company, acquired the project at financial closing. Muscle Shoals Solar, the largest renewable energy project in Alabama, isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems adding solar, storage systems via RPCS and Today’s Power
Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based utility service cooperative, is building two solar arrays for General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS), a Florida-based aerospace and defense company, and two battery energy storage systems for Ouachita Electric Cooperative (OECC). GotRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Why calibrate a pyranometer? And how often? Kipp & Zonen explains
Why should you recalibrate a pyranometer? Well, like all measuring devices the calibration can drift with time in operation, according to the experts at Kipp & Zonen. This is particularly true for pyranometers that may be working in environments ranging from the Antarctic to hot deserts to tropical conditions. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine