Tag: News
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White House announces new $2.1 million solar jobs training program
The White House continues to back the ascendance of the solar industry, today announcing a new program, led by The Solar Foundation, to help train more Americans for careers in the rapidly expanding solar workforce. The $2.1 million program, known as the Solar Training Network, is funded by the U.S.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on KACO’s new software updates
KACO updated its V3.25 software, which the company says assists customers two-fold: to access markets and for remote access. The list of country settings and certificates continues to grow too. The difference between modern inverters and “traditional ones” usually is less about hardware and more about the intelligence behind the software. AsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolarWorld’s 1,500-volt panel ready to ship in Q4
SolarWorld, one of the largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturers in the Americas, exhibited a new 72-cell XL product at Intersolar North America. This new 1,500-volt solar panel will be ready in time for this year’s fourth-quarter peak selling season. The 1,500-volt technology, compared with standard 1,000-volt solar panels, enables installers to increase lengths ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Spread the Wealth: We look at the value decentralized tracker systems bring to a project
Designing and building the perfect site is all about knowing your options. In the ground-mount C&I and utility-scale world, those options keep expanding. The latest system design to gain steam is the decentralized tracker, which gives each row its own ability to track the sun and optimize energy harvest independentRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Florida’s advanced energy industries employ nearly 150,000 people (and more stats)
The Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) reports that Florida employed an estimated 140,282 advanced energy workers in 2015, nearly twice as many as in Agriculture, more than Real Estate, and equal to Schools, Colleges, and Training Institutions. These jobs spanned a broad range of technologies including energy efficiency, electricityRead More — Solar Builder magazine