Tag: Featured
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Community Solar Legal Primer: From project structure to consumer protection
Community solar, a type of project in which multiple consumers support a shared PV system, is growing in popularity. Since the first community solar program was launched in 2006, 13 states and the District of Columbia have adopted legislation to facilitate the deployment of community solar projects. In total, approximatelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Spread the Wealth: We look at the value decentralized tracker systems bring to a project
Designing and building the perfect site is all about knowing your options. In the ground-mount C&I and utility-scale world, those options keep expanding. The latest system design to gain steam is the decentralized tracker, which gives each row its own ability to track the sun and optimize energy harvest independentRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Live at Intersolar: Sunrun CEO points toward solar+storage revolution
Every year, Intersolar North America takes places in San Francisco, which always provides the perfect backdrop for a show that wants to discuss and show the solar industry’s path forward globally. We in America obviously recognize the leadership position San Francisco has taken in solar here, but as we wereRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Intersolar 2016 Preview: Check out these products making their debut on the show floor
Intersolar North America is one of the premier solar industry trade shows of the year. Whether it is your first time or your 25th time (somehow this is the 25th anniversary), the bigness of the event can be overwhelming. What to see? We have you covered. Here are some ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How California’s Rule 21 inverter requirements expand grid capacity, limit energy (revenue) generation
A multi-year effort has been ongoing in California to update technical requirements for connecting Distributed Energy Resources (DER) to the grid, known as Rule 21. The experience of Germany was cited as one reason to take action. In Germany, significant grid destabilization problems arose when high penetration levels of solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine