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Tag: Canadian Solar

  • How new solar module technology lifts efficiency, limits price

    A whirlwind of new technology improvements are appearing in solar modules made by the world’s leading manufacturers, with common goals of improving performance and efficiency, while holding costs down to the bare bone. Many of these advances were touted during the recent SPI show in Anaheim, where manufacturers vied forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar module shipments higher than expected this quarter

    Canadian Solar updated its business outlook for the third quarter of 2015 to reflect higher than expected solar demand in the quarter and the sale of 51 percent of the 200 MW Tranquillity solar power project in California by the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, to Southern Power, aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar to build huge 47-MWp solar plant in Japan

    Canadian Solar Inc. signed an agreement with Mashiki Town and Kumamoto Prefecture to build a 47-MWp solar power plant. Once completed, the Mashiki solar power plant will be the largest solar plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Mashiki plant is expected to start commercial operation in the first quarter of 2017.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • VOTE: 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards — Ground-mounted

    Charlton Solar Charlton, Mass. Completed: Dec. 31, 2014 Size: 4.4-MW DC Constrained by population densities and interconnection capacity, most optimal solar sites in the Northeast have already been developed, leaving more challenging landscapes necessitating site-specific designs. The 4.4-MW Charlton Solar plant in Massachusetts, one of two “managed growth” projects builtRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • VOTE: 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards — Roof-mounted

    Bishop O’Dowd High School Oakland, Calif. Completed: Aug. 1, 2015 Size: 50.960 kW Bishop O’Dowd High School has a two-story classroom building facing southeast. The classrooms get very hot during the day when classes are in session. They want to reduce the heat to improve the learning experience of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine