Tag: PV modules
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New York-based roofing company to install GAF Energy’s roof-integrated solar
New York-based Frank J Tucek & Sons is the first roofing company in its region to offer roof-integrated solar for homeowners via GAF Energy. From Manhattan’s brownstone cornices to the wood roof restoration of the Jacob Blauvelt House Museum for the Rockland County Historical Society, the Tucek family has been serving theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar price declines will continue in 2020s led by solar module improvements, declining capex
The global solar industry has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade as the annual demand for solar rose year after year while the cost of solar declined significantly, driven by much cheaper solar modules. Can those price declines continue into the 2020s? New research from Wood Mackenzie says yes,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Alliance forms to promote ‘low-carbon’ solar PV module production
So, this is interesting: Some solar industry manufacturers teamed up to form a new alliance to promote the deployment of ultra low-carbon solar energy. The Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance, including companies such as Hemlock Semiconductor, First Solar, NorSun, Q CELLS, REC Silicon and Wacker, plan to promote market awareness around howRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Aptos Solar Technology’s DNA modules pass extended reliability tests from RETC
High-performance solar module provider Aptos Solar Technology passed the accelerated environmental tests performed by Renewable Energy Testing Center (RETC). The data revealed from testing confirms the reliability of Aptos Solar Technology’s DNA modules for extreme weather conditions over an extended period of time. RETC provides a rigorous series of testsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Four insights from CEA’s PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program Report for 2020
Clean Energy Associates (CEA), a leading solar and storage technical advisory, tracks the industry’s continued evolution to ever-larger wafer sizes, additional manufacturing capacity, and gallium doping in its newly-released PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program Report for 2020. The latest report, available by subscription, covers which suppliers have already adopted 182 mm orRead More — Solar Builder magazine