Tag: News
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Tigo releases SMART app to streamline PV design, commissioning, monitoring
Tigo just streamlined the install and servicing possibilities of its PV systems with Tigo SMART, a mobile application that integrates with its online monitoring portal. Using the SMART app, Tigo’s solar installer partners can design, lay out, register, configure, commission and monitor customers’ PV systems from the field. The app provides the PV systemRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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BASF, SoloPower Systems debut solar-integrated roofing system
The next contender in the solar-integrated roofing race: BASF and SoloPower Systems are launching a “multi-layered roofing system” that combines energy efficiency, power generation, waterproofing and water harvesting. The companies say the seamless multi-layered roofing system can be up to 60% lighter than conventional roofs due to its unique light weight construction materials throughoutRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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NREL asks: What’s the state of EV infrastructure in the U.S.?
A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies how much charging infrastructure would be needed in the United States to support various market growth scenarios for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Sales of PEVs—which include plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and all-electric vehicles (EVs)—haveRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California beefs up consumer protection for PACE financing
California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills into into law that provide a regulatory and consumer protection framework for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The companion pieces of legislation – AB 1284 and SB – are the result of a year of development and negotiations among low-income consumer advocates,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tech CU offers new program to finance commercial solar projects up to $2 million, no money down
Tech CU (Technology Credit Union), in conjunction with Belvedere Solar Finance, is introducing a solar financing program for its commercial, non-profit and government members. The program will allow members to finance solar systems ranging in price from $100,000 to $2 million with no money down. All financing will be structuredRead More — Solar Builder magazine