Category: Green Building LEED News
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Seven solar tracker system tweaks and new tech to know in 2020
Sunfolding’s pneumatics One unique tracker design on display at Intersolar 2020 back in February was the bellow-actuated Sunfolding single axis tracker. The bellow, manufactured with a DuPont polymer, uses no motors to actuate the table, and relies on off-the-shelf pneumatics to inflate the bellow. The company recently upgraded its initialRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Watch: How to ‘future-proof’ solar PV systems today to add storage later
Solar systems are 20+ year assets — and a lot can change in 20 years. A homeowner could add an electric vehicle. Lithium-ion batteries could drop dramatically in price. Time of use rates could go into effect and net metering could disappear. We chat with Jeff McAndrew, director of salesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Distancing: What is a hybrid solar PV inverter?
Solar PV and battery storage systems have been paired together for decades, but a new wave of hybrid inverters have entered the market to streamline how these systems install and operate. Jeff McAndrew, director of sales for clean energy solutions at Generac, joins us to explain how a hybrid inverterRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The United States Trade Representative is getting rid of the bifacial solar module tariff exclusion again
Feel like I’ve written this headline 100 times already. Anyway, the U.S. Trade Representative called for removing Section 201 tariff exclusions for bifacial solar modules, again. Not much more to say about it other than it should have been expected. Here’s the obligatory sad trombone response from Solar Energy Industries AssociationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TJA Clean Energy teams with Source Power to manage its community solar portfolio in New York
TJA Clean Energy has chosen Source Power Company, a community solar company in New York, as their exclusive partner for subscriber acquisition and management for their New York community solar portfolio. TJA cited Source Power’s complete solution and track-record in energy supply billing and management. “We look forward to acceleratingRead More — Solar Builder magazine