Tag: commercial

  • The tech behind Ideal Power’s Multi-Port Conversion System

    Solar and storage will be the peanut butter and jelly of the next few decades. And if this is true (and I just said it was), then power conversion solutions that tie the two together in a seamless unison will, obviously, be the bread. Ideal Power has one such solutionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Goodyear facility completes 1-MW install with Yaskawa-Solectria inverters

      Three-phase, transformerless PVI 28TL inverters from Yaskawa – Solectria Solar were installed at the Goodyear Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The 1-MW solar array is comprised of over 3,000 solar modules powered by 33 Solectria PVI 28TL inverters and cover the main manufacturing plant and five parking canopies. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV in schools: Education sector is one of solar’s best opportunities

    Organizations in every industry are impacted by societal demands for environmental responsibility, and the education sector is no exception. Across the country, colleges, universities and K-12 schools are rising to the challenge. In fact, according to “The Solar Foundation’s 2014 report, Brighter Future: a Study on Solar in U.S. Schools,”Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Las Vegas IKEA ready to open with 1-MW PV system on roof

    The world’s largest retailers continue to see the value of solar. IKEA announced that the solar installation is complete atop its Las Vegas store opening May 18, 2016. Once commissioned, the project will be the largest single-use retail rooftop solar array in Nevada. The store’s 240,504-square-foot solar comprises a 1.14Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts General Hospital installs 467-kW rooftop solar array

    J.M. Electrical Company, Inc., premier professionals in advanced automated building system installations, and solar developer 621 Energy  completed a 476-kW solar PV energy system installation that will power the Massachusetts General Hospital research and parking facility located in Charlestown, Mass. The rooftop PV system was designed by 621 Energy and isRead More — Solar Builder magazine