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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • New PV module testing guidelines published by CSA Group

    North American testing, certification and standards development organization CSA Group sent word about the development of C450 – currently available as an Express Document (EXP450) – new guidelines that help to address the lack of uniform testing requirements in the Photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing industry. To best ensure the levelRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • ForeFront Power to develop solar canopy portfolio across nine California schools

    ForeFront Power and Los Altos School District (LASD) in California announced the development of 1.4 MW of solar canopy systems across nine schools. LASD selected ForeFront Power through a competitive process to provide the turn-key solar power systems. The solar portfolio is expected to save the District over $175,000 annually and upRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar microinverter market to increase 15 percent over next decade

    The global solar microinverters market is expected to witness a CAGR of 15.3% and reach nearly $2 billion by 2026 according to the Global Solar Micro Inverters Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast to 2026. The increasing awareness toward the benefits of energy storage devices and enhanced regulatory structuresRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar projects out perform estimates, while wind projects under perform, says Fitch

    Fitch Ratings‘ analysis of rated wind energy projects across EMEA, the US and Latin America, as well as solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects across EMEA and the US shows electricity production from solar projects has tended to exceed initial independent estimates, while wind projects have more often underperformed against expectations.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Watch the solar eclipse on SolarEdge’s monitoring platform

    SolarEdge Technologies says it will be sharing a live broadcast tracking the total solar eclipse from its monitoring platform. The live view is possible with the company’s PV monitoring platform, which leverages its nearly 300,000 monitored solar energy systems across the United States to track the path of the totalRead More — Solar Builder magazine