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  • First non-California utility achieves 1 GW of solar energy capacity

    Arizona Public Service (APS) surpassed 1 GW of solar energy capacity, becoming the only utility outside of California to achieve this milestone. When generating at full power, this capacity meets the partial daytime needs of 250,000 Arizona homes. The company’s total investment in solar energy is approximately $2 billion. APS’s solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Momentive Performance releases new solar module adhesive

    Momentive Performance Materials Inc. featured a portfolio of products that can help enable long durability and cost-effective manufacturing for solar module assembly at the Solar Power International Show in Las Vegas, NV. SilTRUST SP100 adhesive is the latest in Momentive’s growing family of high-performance products for solar applications. These include frameRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The key to continued solar industry growth? Regional installers

    In our Sept./Oct. issue, we looked at the trendlines in leasing vs. owning a PV system — a trendline that is moving more and more toward owning. One of the outcomes of this trend, we think, is the boost it would provide the smaller, local solar installer side of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GameChange Solar’s Grid-Lite roof mount system gets DSA approval

    GameChange Solar says that its Grid-Lite Roof System was the first ballasted roof system to obtain DSA approval for an entirely ballasted rooftop solar array. The system is for a college building installation in Tustin, Calif. Scott Van Pelt, Sr. Director of Engineering, explains it like this: “The advanced design of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out this fly over of the new solar system at Green Acres Farm via Yaskawa-Solectria

    Yaskawa-Solectria sent along this cool overhead look at one of its latest installations at Green Acres Farm in Wapato, Wash. Project size is kW. The inverter of choice for this project (via distributor Solora Solar) was the PVI 36TL. These are compact, transformerless three-phase inverters with a dual MPP tracker.Read More — Solar Builder magazine