Tag: Featured
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Get to Know: Vikram Solar and its three new PV module lines built just for the U.S. solar market
At Solar Power International this year we chatted with Ravindra Vaidya, VP of global markets for Vikram Solar, about the company’s upcoming big push into the United States. Here’s what we learned. Created in 2006 by the Vikram Group, Vikram Solar is a global manufacturer of Tier 1 PV modulesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Does SunPower’s exit from PV manufacturing signal a changing trend?
Following the recent announcement that SunPower, one of America’s largest solar-panel makers, is to exit from the manufacturing business, Mohit Prasad, Project Manager at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers sent us his view: that, even despite the tariffs, there might be more U.S. companies exiting the PV manufacturingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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What is frost heave and how does it affect ground-mount solar projects?
The following is an excerpt from a whitepaper produced by TerraSmart. You can request to download the full version here. As the demand for renewable energy grows across North America, an increasing number of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects are being deployed in regions that experience severe winter conditions, including deepRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The allure of energy storage in today’s wildfire-ravaged climate
Part IV of Solar Builder’s excellent Countdown to 2020 series about California’s new home solar mandate included this statement: “Speakers at the California Solar Power Expo… expect homebuilders to skip solar-only systems to comply with the Title 24 mandate and go straight to solar + storage systems.” Is that expectationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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2019 Residential Solar Builder Project of the Year: City Cabins at Abbott’s Alley
City Cabins at Abbott’s Alley Sedro-Woolley, Wash. | six 9.9-kW homes Developer: Martha Rose Construction Inc. Solar Contractor: Banner Power Solutions Modules: Itek Inverters: Enphase Mounting: IronRidge Solar power connotes ideals like freedom, efficiency, conservation and innovation. The 2019 Solar Builder Residential Project of the Year is perhaps the mostRead More — Solar Builder magazine