Tag: News
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Solar crushed 2019, making up 40 percent of all new electric generating capacity (is more to come?)
Despite policy challenges and a second year of the Section 201 tariffs, the U.S. solar market grew by 23% from 2018, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2019 Year-in-Review report, released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Solar accounted for 40% of all newRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar-Log, Kitu Systems collaborate on solar plant solutions to comply with California Rule 21 mandate
Solar-Log and Kitu Systems are collaborating to offer expert solar plant monitoring, control and communication solutions that meet the new California’s Rule 21 mandate. Starting on March 22, all smart inverters deployed with solar and energy storage installations in California are required to be capable of communications with the utilityRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Some good news: BayWa r.e. creates solar training scholarship fund with Solar Energy International
BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC is partnering with Solar Energy International (SEI) to create a scholarship fund, awarding over $10,000 in solar training tuition fees to SEI students. The BayWa r.e. Scholarship Fund will contribute 100% of tuition fees to nine, hand-selected future solar professionals, with a focus on expanding an equitable,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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How renewable energy generated more electricity than coal in the dead of winter
The unthinkable occurred in the U.S. last month: In the dead of winter, renewable energy (utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower) generated more electricity than did coal plants. This has never happened before. Specifically, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) new hourly electric grid monitor, renewables generatedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Rapid Shutdown Rewind: Let’s re-examine the impact of NEC 2017 on rooftop solar PV safety and installer choice
The Solar+ Decade is starting off as the module-level power electronics (MLPE) decade. In its most recent U.S. PV Leaderboard, Wood Mackenzie reports SolarEdge inverters and optimizers were used on 60.5 percent of U.S. residential installations through the first three quarters of 2019, with Enphase a distant second at 19.2Read More — Solar Builder magazine