Tag: Residential Solar
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SunPower debuts its new energy storage platform for homeowners
SunPower announced the next major advancement in the company’s Equinox energy platform — Equinox Storage — which will let homeowners choose to store energy for full- or partial-home backup during blackouts, reduce daily peak electricity consumption, or any combination that best fits their needs. “We’re entering a new solar decadeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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POWERHOME Solar to open South Carolina office, ready to hire 100+ employees
POWERHOME Solar has installed solar panels for customers in South Carolina since 2016 but is now ready to open its own office in the state. The company plans to hire up to 100 people in this new Columbia, S.C.-area office in the coming months in the areas of sales, installationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Level Up: Fronius shares four inverter trends taking residential solar to the next level
Inverter specialist Fronius has been diligently preparing a suite of new soft- and hardware solutions for residential and commercial solar applications, including an all-new single-phase inverter generation, that they believe will take solar to the “next level.” In this Solar Business Builder white paper, Fronius explains the four attributes thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solaria to double its PV module production capacity (again) after $40 million in new funding
Don’t look now, but PV module manufacturer Solaria is making some big moves. The company already doubled its global production capacity earlier this year and now says it will more than double production capabilities by the end of the year, an increase made possible by $40 million in growth fundingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SDG&E wants to hike electric bill minimums and add a fixed charge, citing solar as the reason
San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is proposing a new fixed rate of $10 and a monthly increased minimum bill proposal, of $1.26 per day (or $38.19 per bill based on a 30-day billing cycle), to be effective March 1, 2020 if approved by the CPUC. SDG&E believes these “modest” increasesRead More — Solar Builder magazine