Tag: utility

  • Top solar projects of the week (Sept. 19-23 edition)

    Swiss Re to build solar power plant for Americas’ headquarters At the beginning of Climate Week NYC, Swiss Re announces concrete plans to further reduce the carbon footprint of its US-based operations by building and operating its own solar power plant at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Armonk, New York. ConstructionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar orders one of the largest single-project deployments of DC optimizers

    Canadian Solar is going to deploy Ampt LLC DC optimizers in a 33-MW PV system, which would make it one of the largest deployments of DC power optimizers in the world. The 33 MW installation capped off a six-month evaluation period by Canadian Solar, which began with a smaller demonstration project.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • ATI expands partnership with RPCS for all projects under 10 MW

    Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has expanded its partnership with solar design and construction company, RP Construction Services (RPCS). RPCS now serves as ATI’s exclusive national Value Added Reseller (VAR) for all projects 10 MW and under. Working together since 2009, the Array Technologies and RP Construction Services teams have shared great successRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • VOTE for Solar Builder’s 2016 Projects of the Year

    The nominations are in, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to choose the best of the best for our fourth annual Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards. Because of the big influx of ground-mount submissions this year, we’ve divided up the voting into three categories: roof-mounted, C&I ground-mounted andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Survey your next solar site with this autonomous robot from TerraSmart #SPI

    TerraSmart may have revolutionized solar site surveying at Solar Power International this year, introducing a fully autonomous robot, called the Autonomous Precision Survey Rover (APSR), that will handle survey stake-out functions (booth 2145). “Our main goal is to increase the velocity and accuracy with which we survey. A typical surveyRead More — Solar Builder magazine