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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • NEXTracker’s newest solar tracker control system self-adjusts in real time

    NEXTracker is launching a new, intelligent self-adjusting tracker control system for solar power plants that it’s calling TrueCapture. The technology will continuously refine the tracking algorithm of each individual solar array in response to existing site and weather conditions. Typically delivering 2-6 percent energy gains, TrueCapture enables system owners andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Intersolar opens with talk of DER integration strategies, system innovations

    There is no rest for the solar industry, and the opening of Intersolar North America 2017 was a reminder of that. CALSEIA executive director Bernadette Del Chiaro kicked things off with a history lesson on how far her state has come since the passage of the California Solar Initiative inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts sets high bar for 2020 energy storage target

    Massachusetts has set a 200 megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage target to be achieved by Jan. 1, 2020. The target, set by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), builds upon Governor Charlie Baker’s Energy Storage Initiative (ESI), a $10 million commitment to analyze opportunities to support Commonwealth storage companies andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NEXTracker to add Ideal Power solar-plus-storage equipment to NX Fusion Plus

    Power conversion technology company Ideal Power has signed a master purchase agreement with NEXTracker to supply its 30 kilowatt (kW) SunDial storage-enabled multi-port photovoltaic (PV) string inverter, its 30 kW Stabilitipower conversion system, and a custom NEXTracker-exclusive 15 kW SunDial. NEXTracker will integrate the systems into its NX Fusion PlusRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Array Technologies, Shoals team up to optimize utility-scale solar BOS

    Array Technologies and Shoals Technologies Group announced plans to collaborate on structural and electrical Balance of System (BOS) solutions for utility-scale solar. This relationship will leverage the complementary nature of Array’s trackers and Shoals’ electrical BOS solutions. The integration of offerings will result in improved performance and stronger economics forRead More — Solar Builder magazine