Tag: News
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Global Solar Module Pricing Stabilizes in First Quarter of 2013
Marking the end of more than two years of sharp declines, pricing for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules achieved stability in the first quarter, paving the way for a rise in industry gross margins and return to profitability for some leading […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Hokkaido To Utilize 60 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery For Grid Storage
Hokkaido Electric plans to invest $200 million into a 60,000 kWh, vanadium redox flow battery that will store energy in order to back up its electricity grid. “A redox battery is an electrochemical system that generates oxidation and reduction between two active materials, forming a redox system, on the surface of inactive electrodes (the electrodes themselves…
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Solectria Announces Two New Three-Phase Transformerless Inverters
Solectria Renewables, LLC, a leading U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced the introduction of the new PVI 14TL and PVI 20TL, three-phase, transformerless, 600 VDC inverter at the Intersolar North America trade show today. Solectria Renewables’ PVI 14TL and PVI 20TL […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Enphase Introduces Fourth Generation Microinverter System
Today Enphase Energy Inc. introduced its fourth generation of solar microinverters that work together with Envoy advanced communications gateway and Enlighten intelligent monitoring software platform to deliver reliable, high-performance solar arrays. The Enphase System now includes an M250 microinverter that produces […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Desert Greening Attributed to Rising CO2
If elevated CO2 causes the water use of individual leaves to drop, plants in arid environments will respond by increasing their total numbers of leaves. These changes in leaf cover can be detected by satellite, particularly in deserts and savannas where the cover is less complete than in wet locations, according to Dr Donohue.