Tag: Residential Solar
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Study shows PACE financing’s big impact in driving solar installations
A federally funded analysis by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) offers evidence that the home-improvement financing option known as Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) has been “uniquely successful” as a driver of residential solar-power systems in California. Essentially, many of the systems installed via this financing vehicle simply couldRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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CleanChoice Energy debuts slick platform to connect more customers to community solar
An issue for community solar, like most solar projects, is customer acquisition. CleanChoice Energy is looking to solve that with a new solution: CleanChoice Community Solar, a new platform to connect people to local community solar projects. This platform will allow customers to sign-up in less than five minutes, and manageRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Products to watch: 9 customer service, proposal tools for the solar installer
The main components of a solar system, at this point, have been figured out. Module efficiency is higher than ever, inverters are more reliable and it’s tough to imagine more cost-effective and complete racking systems. So, what’s next? Storage? Sure, that’s coming at some point. Solar + storage + EVRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunnova Energy banks another $100 million equity investment
Sunnova Energy Corporation, a privately held U.S. residential solar + battery storage service provider, has closed a $100 million equity investment with Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd., a private investment vehicle advised by Soros Fund Management LLC that focuses on long-duration investments globally. Since its inception in 2012, Sunnova has raised overRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Service 2.0: Identify new service, upsell opportunities with smart home technology
Solar inverter intelligence and monitoring has evolved mightily over the last few years, from silent rows of capacitors to today’s circuit-programmable, WiFi-enabled guardians of PV arrays. These systems sense minute changes in operation and advise system managers of options, in real time, for energy management and O&M (operations and maintenance).Read More — Solar Builder magazine