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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Delta funds university research for this micro PV power converter prototype

    Delta is collaborating with Silicon Valley-based San Jose State University (SJSU) on a cool renewable energy research project. Through the SJSU project and with Delta’s funding, they have developed a prototype power converter for PV panels that is showing 30 percent more energy capture than conventional technologies. The project hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • RBI Solar’s new Sunflower II solar tracker has industry-leading grade tolerance

    RBI Solar is officially launching the Sunflower II this week, its new single-axis tracker for the commercial and utility solar industries. With over 600 MW of single-axis trackers deployed across the United States since entering the tracker market in 2018, RBI Solar has established itself as a top manufacturer ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nextracker is rebranding and here’s why that matters

      You may have noticed Nextracker didn’t get the all caps NEXT treatment in the headline (no? just us copy editors?). It is part of a big rebranding the company is undergoing — I was going to say “the solar tracker company is taking,” but the message behind the rebrandRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New SolarEdge optimizers support higher wattage solar panels, more modules per optimizer

    SolarEdge is expanding its power optimizer portfolio with options to reduce install time (doing more with fewer components) and accomodate higher module powers. Here’s the details sent our way: • The new multi-input M1600 power optimizer for ground-mount installations has two MPP trackers, connected to four panels in multiples ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sense’s solar installer partner program is gaining traction during the pandemic

    Sense Home Energy Monitoring is gaining traction among solar contractors. More than 150 new solar installers have joined Sense’s Pro partner program over the past year, such as Solgen Power, Pure Energy, Zenernet Solar and Pro Bid Solar, to name a few. One reason is the pandemic, which has caused manyRead More — Solar Builder magazine