Tag: News
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Voting is Now Open for 2014 Project of the Year Awards!
Who will win this year’s reader-chosen Solar Builder Project of the Year awards? Click here to cast your vote! This year’s final 12 nominees are: Roof-Mounts Gold Crust Baking Grow Community The Hacienda Gosen JM Family Enterprises Building Solar Panels for Marine Mammals Whole Foods Market Ground-Mounts Anthony Wayne SolarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Advanced Energy Introduces Horizontally-Mounted String Inverter
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. announced details on a new AE 3TL inverter accessory that enables solar installers, site designers and project developers to conserve space and increase project yield using an innovative technique to install Advanced Energy (AE) string inverters in a horizontal (0degrees) orientation. The low-profile accessory, used toRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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U.S. Solar Industry Installs 1.1 GW of PV in Q2 2014
The United States’ solar market hit a major milestone in the second quarter of this year, with more than half a million homes and businesses now generating solar energy. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Q2 2014 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, the U.S. installedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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OCI Solar Power Brings Alamo 4 Project Online
OCI Solar Power is adding 145 MW of solar power to Texas’ energy mix this year that will generate power for approximately 25,000 homes annually. “The progress we’re making with the opening and construction of new projects means more than half of our Texas projects are now complete or underway,”Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Fire-Rated Solar Systems Required in California for 2015
The U.S. solar industry will be hearing a lot more about UL 2703 (mounting) and UL 1703 (modules) standards in relation to fire ratings and “class” designations in the coming months. The 2012 International Building Code requires all rooftop PV systems to have the same fire rating as the rooftopRead More — Solar Builder magazine