Tag: O&M
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Tie breakers: A test of cable management materials in the California desert
Whether you build, operate or own utility-scale PV, managing costs while ensuring quality is top of mind for all involved. At first glance, cable management might not be as critical as modules or central inverters. Over time, cable management issues — specifically cable tie failures — can affect a site’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tie breakers: A test of cable management materials in the California desert
Whether you build, operate or own utility-scale PV, managing costs while ensuring quality is top of mind for all involved. At first glance, cable management might not be as critical as modules or central inverters. Over time, cable management issues — specifically cable tie failures — can affect a site’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Silicon Valley Clean Energy pilots ‘smart and resilient’ solar school model with Extensible Energy, CEL
In Santa Clara County and across the nation, K-12 solar-powered schools are being affected by grid instability; many are planning to add energy storage for resiliency. However, due to limited budgets schools are searching for new ways to reduce the utility costs of a traditional solar-only school. Silicon Valley CleanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Monitoring home solar monitors: SunPower and Sense update their apps, David Energy wants to do everything
Installing a ton of residential solar doesn’t just “distribute” generation, it distributes the responsibility for managing that generation, and we are just starting to scratch the surface of products and strategies for doing so. These range from customer apps that (try to) change each user’s relationship with their home’s energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Safety beyond NEC 690: How pairing with IEC, UL and IEEE standards mitigates solar install risks
As commercial and utility-scale solar projects become more widespread, fires and failures shouldn’t. Unfortunately, the number of rooftop solar installation fires in the United States each year increased 69 percent between 2016 and 2018, according to U.S. Fire Administration data. Unprotected, improperly connected or incompatible connectors are some of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine