Tag: January February 2018 Print Issue
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Rapid Shutdown and Beyond: Inside NEC 2017 and the effort to streamline PV design
New codes and regulations are notorious for raising prices and halting innovation in industries, but the new rapid shutdown requirements facing the solar industry are having the opposite effect. Thanks to a coalition of manufacturers and interested parties across solar, the solutions being developed to meet NEC 2017 Module LevelRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This is Certifiable: Ecolibrium Solar walks us through the UL 2703 testing process
Simplification is one of the key objectives of the solar industry, but the path to get there, ironically, is super detailed. Removing components to simplify a racking system, being compatible (and compliant) with a broad range of suppliers and just generally re-thinking what’s already been established is a deliberate andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Ask a Distributor: We ask distributors for their purchasing advice, products to watch in 2018
Solar is now the No. 1 new source of capacity being added to the grid, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and solar installer is the fastest growing job in the country according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And what’s the reason for the rise of this newRead More — Solar Builder magazine