Tag: eBOS

  • Powur adds SPAN panel and EV charger to platform

    Virtual residential solar company, Powur PBC keeps expanding the product portfolio available via its cloud-based platform, this week adding the smart electrical panel and EV charger from SPAN. By partnering with Powur, SPAN gains access to the largest national residential solar sales network to help more people reduce their energy costs. “Powur is passionate about……

  • GoodWe to license Tigo rapid shutdown tech

    Tigo Energy and solar inverter manufacturer GoodWe Technologies Co. have come to an agreement: GoodWe will license Tigo’s Module-Level Rapid Shutdown technology. Under the agreement, GoodWe products compliant with and qualified for certification under the SunSpec Rapid Shutdown Specification will not infringe on claims of Tigo licensed patents. Tigo rapid shutdown technology will be deployed……

  • CEA reports ‘major safety issues’ in 97 percent of solar rooftop audits

    Hot on the heels of HelioVolta’s report that over 60 percent of its solar PV system audits uncover major safety issues, Clean Energy Associates has another bombshell stat: Reporting major safety issues in 97% of 600 solar rooftops audited. Those 600 rooftops are scattered around 12 countries, spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia……

  • Report: Safety issues found in majority of solar PV field inspections

    The cover article of our Q1 2023 issue concerning “What’s Going Wrong?” in the solar industry called out the hazards often seen in rooftop C&I solar systems. The authors of that piece, HelioVolta, a software developer and provider of independent technical advisory and inspection services for solar projects, have published internal data that shows a……

  • Targeting apartments for solar projects using submetering

    This article was submitted by Chris Sparkes, a lead technician for a large solar company in the UK. There are up to 39 million people in the United States who live under a roof which may be perfect for solar but will find it almost impossible to capitalize on it. That’s almost 13% of the……