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  • SolarWorld supplying panels for Valley Electric Association project

    SolarWorld is supplying 17.5 MW of its high-efficiency 72-cell solar panels for a project that the Valley Electric Association (VEA) is undertaking in the Mojave Desert town of Pahrump, west of Las Vegas near the Nevada border with California. The project will comprise 51,562 340-watt modules made in SolarWorld’s expanding factoryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • RENVU Solar Distribution now has flexible short-term financing via Wunder Capital

    RENVU Solar Equipment Distribution, a California based equipment distributor, has teamed up with Wunder Capital to offer its customers flexible short-term equipment financing. Based in Boulder, Colo., Wunder Capital is a financial technology company that provides financing to solar projects throughout the country. Wunder allows accredited individuals, trusts, family offices, foundations, hedgeRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar energy is the only thing that bridges the partisan divide (Senate passes big energy bill)

    Wow, something in the air is bringing about big energy compromises. Congress can’t agree on the color of money, but so far this year the ITC has been extended and now an actual bi-partisan energy bill has passed the Senate. Inherently, anything bipartisan these days has some serious concessions fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • APS Arizona Sun Program adds nine solar plants over five years

    More than one million solar panels are now live in the Arizona desert producing clean power for APS customers (Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electricity utility). These photovoltaic panels are part of the APS AZ Sun Program, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The program has experienced many successes alongRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SMA debuts residential rapid shutdown system to use with Sunny Boy

    SMA’s much-anticipated Rapid Shutdown System is now available for immediate shipping to the North American residential PV market. Engineered for use with SMA’s Sunny Boy inverter line with Secure Power Supply—including the new 5.0-US and 6.0-US models—this simple, reliable and cost-effective solution achieves all requirements for 2014 NEC 690.12 rapidRead More — Solar Builder magazine