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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Array Technologies debuts a single-bolt clamp to speed up its DuraTrack installs with First Solar modules

    Array Technologies, market leaders in single-axis solar tracking, announced the launch of RapidClamp, a patent pending single-bolt PV module clamp technology that drastically decreases solar module installation times. “The innovative RapidClamp greatly improves module installation times for EPCs installing First Solar Series 6 modules on DuraTrack single-axis solar trackers. It’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Trimark releases advanced alert system for utility-scale solar sites

    Trimark Associates Inc., a leading provider of SCADA, metering, and energy storage technology solutions for the electric power industry, can now continually determine if devices are online and operating correctly with its Trimark Operations Center’s (TOC) advanced alerting system. Using Trimark’s proprietary Remote Monitor application, the TOC monitors and checks theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • KiloVault launches wall-mounted lithium-iron energy storage tech with HAB series

    KiloVault, a provider of innovative and affordable residential and commercial renewable energy solutions, this week unveiled the new HAB series of wall-mount energy storage systems. Designed for trouble-free mounting, the HAB provides a 7.5 kWh battery in a single unit. Up to 14 units can be wired in parallel toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Improving solar plant generation predictions with machine-learning techniques

    Accurately predicting power generation for PV sites is critical for prioritizing relevant operations & maintenance activities, thereby extending the lifetime of a system and improving profit margins. A number of factors influence power generation at PV sites, including local weather, shading and soiling losses, design of modules, DC mismatches, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Protecting (and insuring) against PV portfolio underperformance

    Underperformance is becoming a not-so-secret issue for large-scale solar portfolios (we have heard anywhere from 3 to 6 percent in some portfolios). The reasons for this often say less about the viability of solar technology and project revenue potential and more about process and prediction of failures somewhere along theRead More — Solar Builder magazine