Tag: News

  • Sungrow inverters installed in 2.25-MW carport in Florida

    Sungrow supplied its 60-kw string inverter to a 2.25 MW Lockheed Martin-owned solar carport — a 151,400-sq-ft solar array covering the parking lot at its facility near Clearwater, Fla. The project represents Florida’s largest, private solar array. Lockheed Martin and lead contractor Advanced Green Technologies broke ground on the projectRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar software provider Sighten closes $3.5M funding round (check out what it does)

    The Sighten platform helps to connect solar companies and investors in a way that optimizes businesses and drives growth and efficiency through technology. The company is trying to offer the most advanced software toolset for solar — a comprehensive and flexible platform spanning the entire project lifecycle from initial lead to ongoingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Smart DC solar module to optimize power output, wireless communication

    Wuxi Suntech Power Co., produces solar products for residential, commercial, industrial and utility applications and has delivered more than 30 million PV panels, or 9 GWs, of installed capacity to more than 1,000 customers in more than 80 countries.  The company’s latest innovation is a new smart solar DC module that integrates theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Schneider Electric Conext meets rigorous Hawaiian requirements

    Schneider Electric Solar Business says its Conext XW+ 6848NA meets Hawaiian Electric Companies’ (HECO) rigorous “ultra-fast trip” Transient Over-Voltage (TrOV-2) and Frequency and Voltage Ride-Through (FVRT) requirements and is approved for both grid-tied net metered PV systems and grid connected zero export (self-consumption) PV systems. The Conext XW+ 6848NA battery-based inverter/charger is nowRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Distributed generation fee struck down in Wisconsin

    The Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin struck down discriminatory charges on solar customers in a verbal ruling delivered by Judge Peter Anderson. The ruling was needed to reverse the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s December 2014 decision to add a discriminatory fee on distributed generation customers in We Energies’ territory. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine