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Tag: Residential Solar

  • Sungrow’s residential PV inverter shipments to Australia quadrupled in 2015

    Sungrow, one of the worlds’ largest PV inverter manufacturers, says that its residential inverter shipments to Australia quadrupled in 2015, reaching approximately 50 MW. Sungrow had the largest market share of all Chinese inverter manufacturers in Australia. In February of 2015, Sungrow unveiled the Crystal Series, its new residential product which proved popularRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New solar training for fire fighters announced by IREC

    With one million homes and businesses nationwide now producing energy through solar roof panels, the likelihood that fire fighters and other professionals will encounter solar electric systems in the course of their work is dramatically increased. A new, cutting-edge, online training course announced today offers critically important information and real-worldRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Will this NRDC report revive the Nevada rooftop solar industry?

    Don’t call it a comeback, but the rooftop solar industry may be saved in Nevada after all. For one, Sunrun recently met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about its desire to reenter the market. But maybe more importantly, the National Resources Defense Council and SolarCity released the results of a study thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Maine solar bill defeated by larger installer lobbying effort — did it hurt the local installer?

    A solar energy bill was defeated in Maine last month, and the reason it was defeated, according to this feature in the Portland Press Herald, was a lobbying effort by the country’s largest solar installers. For those installers – SolarCity, Sunrun – getting involved in local politics to work onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Stellar Solar founder: Four trends leading to expanded solar energy adoption

    The next 10 years are going to bring a host of new energy choices and a lot more market clout for so-called energy “pro-sumers” — utility customers who consume energy but also produce it, using their own rooftop solar energy systems — according to Stellar Solar founding partner Michael Powers.Read More — Solar Builder magazine