Tag: Featured
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Saving costs with large-scale string inverter design, part 1
String inverters are now a staple of the commercial and industrial and small utility-scale segments, which was solely the domain of central inverters once upon a time. The trend started about six years ago when string inverters souped-up to 1,000 volts and developers and EPCs saw the value in chasingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Crowd Sourced: Details on a plan for drastic cost reductions, wide deployment of community-scale solar
Community solar to this point has been more of a riddle than a segment. Generally referring to shared solar development that accepts capital from and provides output credit to subscribers and other investors, the potential of the community solar segment is massive. Removing roof and space constraints from the equation,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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The Replacements: These solar mounts for tile rooftops cut labor costs, avoid OSHA issues
It’s always reassuring when solar technology moves faster than a federal regulator, even if it is a well-intentioned agency like the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In this recent case, a new crop of solar tile replacements that support rooftop mounting systems are eliminating the needRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Blockbuster New Jersey solar bill raises RPS to 50 percent by 2030, enables community solar
Surrounded by solar industry and advocates, N.J. Governor Phil Murphy signed a historic bill that will stabilize the solar market through 2021 by (deep breath) increasing the solar target, losing the current solar renewable energy credit trading program in an orderly way, reducing the overall cost of the current solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Aw Snap: We look at the Solar Raceway wire management solution
Fresh eyes are valuable every now and then. That was the position New York Manufacturing found itself in when it was approached by a large building products company to assist with its wire management needs. Their solar installations were continually plagued by one common theme: wire management. Like many otherRead More — Solar Builder magazine