Tag: Residential Solar
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Resistance is not futile: Solaria PowerXT panels now classified as PID resistant
Solaria Corporation, a global provider of advanced solar energy products, today announced that Solaria PowerXT panels have passed Potential Induced Degradation (PID) test, exceeding the requirements of IEC Technical Specification 62804-1:2015. Consequently, PowerXT panels are now classified as PID Resistant. “Long-term durability and quality have been a guiding principle inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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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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SunPower to aggregate residential customers in New England as a virtual power plant
SunPower recently executed on its plan toward becoming an energy services provider when it was selected to deliver close to 11 MWdc of solar power in New England as a result of the region’s 14th Forward Capacity Auction (FCA 14). The auction is held annually to ensure that the sixRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Virginia’s solar energy industry now poised for a boom time
Virginia is poised to be a solar energy hotbed. The Virginia General Assembly approved the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) this week and, when signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, it will establish a mandatory renewable energy program with provisions for rooftop solar power, expanded net metering provisions, protections for low-incomeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California approves Aurora Solar’s solar assessment tool for new home construction
Aurora Solar, the solar industry’s leading software platform for distributed solar (and sponsor of this year’s Rooftop Report), is the first—and currently only—to formally receive the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) certification as an approved solar assessment tool for solar access verification for new home construction. As of January 1st ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine