Category: Green Building LEED News
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Report: When given the choice, homeowners are going with premium modules
The Solar Marketplace Intel Report released by EnergySage for the first half of 2017 – in which EnergySage examines the results of traffic and sales to its third-party solar marketplace – shows that PV system costs in several states fell below $3/Watt – while interest in premium panels increased. ShoppersRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report by TÜV Rheinland explains how Array Technologies trackers drive O&M costs down 37 percent
Array Technologies announced results of an independent analysis by TÜV Rheinland that indicates Array’s flagship tracker, the DuraTrack HZ v3, delivers 4 Cents/Watt DC higher Net Present Value (NPV) and 6.7 percent lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), driven by 37 percent lower lifetime O&M costs. The analysis found thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sungrow’s 1,500-volt central inverter receives UL 1741-SA certification
Sungrow’s 1,500Vdc turnkey station, the SG2500U, received its UL 1741-SA certification, a stringent grid interconnection requirement which will be required for North American projects in the near future, making it the first central inverter to receive do so. The containerized 2.5-MW SG2500U, Sungrow’s leading 1500-V central inverter product, features highRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sungevity 2.0 continues to grow: Horizon Solar Power, Solar Spectrum acquire two more companies
Recently merged Horizon Solar Power and Solar Spectrum – a move that revived the Sungevity brand — have announced definitive agreements for two more acquisitions. Horizon has acquired BrightCurrent, a large retail marketing services provider for solar and other clean energy home services; Solar Spectrum has acquired the solar salesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts leads by example at Greenbuild
Feature image: The USGBC Massachusetts Chapter has been working hard all year, helping to build the road to Greenbuild. Boston first served as the host city for Greenbuild in 2008, a…