Category: Green Building LEED News
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Solar installers in Minnesota are deemed essential and continue to find work
From the Energy News Network: Minnesota solar installers say they have been able to continue work on rooftops with only limited disruptions so far from the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency executive order requiring Minnesota residents to stay at home permits some businesses to stay open, including those inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar still on track to add more new generating capacity than natural gas
Solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity added during the first two months of 2020 – swamping that provided by natural gas, according to a review of the latest Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data by the SUN DAY Campaign. FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” reportRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Meet Blue Ion LXHV: The most complete microgrid solution you’ll find in one enclosure
A major pain point in commercial-scale storage and microgrids is integrating all the disparate pieces of equipment together into a cohesive whole. Blue Planet Energy is attempting to ease this pain with the most complete system we’ve seen yet, the Blue Ion LXHV, which includes LFP batteries from Blue Planet,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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SMA promotes study showing string inverter PV systems outperform optimizers in most situations
Module optimizers or integrated string optimization? This is the question that solar power professionals ask themselves before installing a PV system – particularly when the topic of shading comes into play. A study by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) now has the answer. It shows that in almost allRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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CPS America adding 20A rated fuses to its standard large-scale inverter wire-boxes
As the solar PV industry moves toward larger module power generation capacities and short circuit current ratings, many PV system dc circuits now require 20A rated fuses. To meet this need, CPS is now producing its 100/125kW standard wire-boxes with 20A fuses installed. This product improvement/change will be effective forRead More — Solar Builder magazine