Tag: Featured
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Installer perception problems and more resi solar market insight from The Buzz
On the latest edition of Solar Builder Buzz, Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell is joined by Sarah Kim, VP of marketing at Aurora Solar, to discuss their Solar Industry Snapshot, which included data from their database of over six million projects, a survey of 1, 000 U.S. homeowners and a pulse check of nearly 1,000 U.S. solar……
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DSD explains long-term purchase strategy to counter supply chain risks
This column is from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Subscribe for free here. Demand for solar is so high that, for certain equipment and materials, it’s outpacing manufacturing capabilities, adding challenges for developers during the procurement process. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is pushing to increase domestic solar manufacturing with landmark tax……
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Special Report: The Case for Microinverters in C&I Solar
Technology is changing the norms of commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop solar system design. Panels are getting huge and climbing upward of 600 W. UL 3741 compliant systems are expanding options for meeting NEC 690.12. And beefed up microinverters are poised to do for C&I what they’ve done for residential solar — simplify everything. Unsure about that……
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Watch: How to start selling energy storage (the right way)
Pairing energy storage with home solar is more important than ever – but selling and designing a system that meets a customers’ needs – and fits their budget – is not easy. Today on Power Forward! we learn how to start selling energy storage the right way with Aaron Bingham and Blake Akin from BayWa……
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Whole home storage? Back up. Let’s discuss load controls first
This article originally appeared in the Q1 2023 edition of Solar Builder magazine. Be sure to get your own free print and/or digital subscription right here. When I first started working in the PV industry in the mid-2000s, the new sector of grid-tied PV installer actively avoided expensive and complicated lead acid battery systems that……