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Tag: Residential Solar

  • Tesla launched a solar inverter. Here’s all we know

    With little fanfare this week, Tesla launched its own solar inverter, getting a step closer to having a fully in-house PV system. Available now, the Tesla Solar Inverter is a stackable string inverter with two models – 3.8 kW and 7.6 kW – featuring either two or four maximum powerRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Freedom Forever stays with Sunrun as its solar and battery provider

    Freedom Forever has selected Sunrun as its primary solar and battery as-a-service provider for the next three years. The company will leverage Sunrun’s home solar and battery service offering, as well as its well-known brand. Freedom Forever’s best in class operations and vast network of highly-trained independent sales dealers willRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Covid impact: Home electrical usage increased 9.3 percent through spring, summer 2020 says Sense

    Based on an analysis of anonymized energy data in more than 5,200 homes that have the Sense home energy monitor, Sense found that, since Covid-19, average electrical usage increased 9.3% from April through August 2020 compared to 2019, a reflection of people using more electricity while they stayed home, combinedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Lock that box: Deadly hazard posed by switch disconnects in PV systems addressed in NEC 2020

    While we’ve all been busy figuring out the various ways to comply with NEC 2017 and 2020 rapid system shutdown, NEC 2020 includes another PV system-specific code update that’s arguably more of an everyday potential safety hazard, specifically for children. Highlighted by world-renowned electric code guru Mike Holt in aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • ConnectDER patents easier-to-install, DER-focused smart meter

    ConnectDER, a company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for innovations to their ‘plug and play’ solutions for distributed energy resources (DER’s). The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter that combines the ubiquitous metering andRead More — Solar Builder magazine