Tag: Featured
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Distributed, modular or central utility solar PV inverters? It depends on these factors
History is littered with a bevy of debates primed for discussion in the friendly confines of your local speakeasy. Do you prefer the designated hitter or pitchers who hit? Ford or Chevy? Pearl Jam or Nirvana? In the utility PV industry, that pub argument often comes down to central orRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolStar program brings solar power, job training and equity to North Minneapolis
Via Energy News Network: A pioneer in Minnesota’s solar industry is attempting to replicate a green economic justice blueprint in the state’s largest African American community. Ralph Jacobson founded the solar firm Impact Power Solutions (IPS) in 1991 and was its CEO until 2019, when he shifted into a roleRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pro’s Choice: Solar installers launch petition to change module-level shutdown
Scott Carman of Paragon Solar routinely sees burned out solar module connectors. Previously a solar installer, Carman has shifted to solely doing O&M work, which usually means replacing broken panels (they get a lot of hail in Colorado). Many of these jobs involve stranded systems installed by companies now outRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pro’s Choice: Solar installers launch petition to change module-level shutdown
Scott Carman of Paragon Solar routinely sees burned out solar module connectors. Previously a solar installer, Carman has shifted to solely doing O&M work, which usually means replacing broken panels (they get a lot of hail in Colorado). Many of these jobs involve stranded systems installed by companies now outRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunSpec Alliance update on work to simplify rapid shutdown signaling systems
In a few short years, the industry’s concept of a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) has morphed from an uncomplicated rooftop solar PV system that reduces your electricity bill to an incredibly complicated apparatus that does what the old system did plus stores energy, keeps the lights on at night orRead More — Solar Builder magazine