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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Sungage, Sunnova add Seraphim Solar USA modules to approved product lists

    U.S.-based solar photovoltaic module manufacturer Seraphim Solar USA says its high-efficiency, American-made solar modules have been approved by major residential solar finance companies for their installer networks. Sungage Financial and Sunnova are among the finance firms that have added Seraphim USA to their approved vendor lists, citing the manufacturer’s bankability,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tigo adds two more solar optimizers to UHD-Core lineup

    Tigo’s adding a few more options to its UHD-Core optimizers lineup announced last March. Joining the TS4-L (Long Strings) and TS4-O (Optimization) will be TS4-M (Monitoring) and TS4-S (Safety). The UHD-Core TS4-M is a cost-efficient MLPE monitoring device that produces a high sampling rate. The TS4-S adds to TS4-M’s functionality by providingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Here’s residential solar’s share of distributed PV generating capacity

    Generation from small-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems totaled about 37 percent of the annual generation from all U.S. solar PV electricity generators in 2016. EIA’s small-scale category includes PV systems that have less than one megawatt (MW) of generating capacity. Such systems are usually installed at or near residential, commercial, or industrialRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • S-5! offering free course to optimize solar rooftop design

    The S-5! Attachment Solutions continuing education course, The Solar-Ready Roof: Optimize the Design, is live in the AEC Daily Online Learning Center. Choosing the right platform for solar panels is a critical step in the design process and can have significant impact on both initial and long-term costs. This freeRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar rate design: Details on unified approach to evolve net metering

    The only agreement there seems to be on net metering and rate design is that no one can really agree on what to do. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Vote Solar have taken a big step in moving forward by developing a set of principles to help guide andRead More — Solar Builder magazine