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  • What are the hot topics in the solar industry right now? Intersolar 2016 has answers

    Intersolar North America is one of the top solar industry exhibition and conferences dedicated to the North American market, and 2016 will be no different. From July 11-13 at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, a lineup of policymakers, industry executives and analysts will provide valuable insight on topics rangingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Giga Solar’s high-efficiency lightweight modules pass mechanical stress tests

    Giga Solar high-efficiency crystalline-silicon, lightweight photovoltaic (PV) modules have successfully completed a series of environmental and mechanical stress tests at the CFV Solar Test Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This work was part of the Boston-based Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems’ Plug-and-Play PV Project, funded by the Department ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunEdison to close, sell, refocus some facilities as part of new silicon production strategy

    SunEdison, Inc. is moving forward with a new strategy for its Solar Materials operations that is focused on asset-light proprietary silicon production technologies via partnerships and joint ventures. The goal here is to enhance profitability while preserving its high efficiency, cost effective solar panels supply for its downstream solar developmentRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Low-income Nevada elementary schools adding solar thanks to Open Energy, Black Rock Solar

    More nice solar news from Nevada: Open Energy, a commercial solar debt finance provider, closed a construction solar loan totaling $500,000 with Nevada-based Black Rock Solar that will enable construction of a 550-kW project portfolio, consisting of four elementary schools serving low-income communities across northern Nevada. This project is supported by the LowerRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV system operators get precise energy regulation with WEB’log

    meteocontrol North America, Inc., a subsidiary of meteocontrol GmbH and a provider of solar performance monitoring software, services and hardware, has upgraded its WEB’log data logger with a new intelligent control algorithm that gives photovoltaic (PV) system operators a higher degree of flexibility in regulating what proportion of self-generated energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine