Tag: SolarEdge

  • Residential Solar Project of the Year 2020: Villa Residence and Home Brewery

    Arvada, Colo. | 25.41 kW The 2020 Residential Solar Project of the Year, as voted on by the readers of Solar Builder, is the Villa Residence and Home Brewery, located in Arvada, Colo. It belongs to Keith and Jodi Villa, co-owners of Donovan Brewing. Keith also created Blue Moon onceRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Vote for the 2020 Solar Builder Projects of the Year

    Solar Builder readers submitted their coolest, most innovative and noteworthy solar projects of the last 12 months, and after combing through another record amount of submissions, we’ve narrowed the field to these 2020 Project of the Year nominees! This year the field is divided into FIVE categories: Residential (single-family, multi-family)Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Meet Energy Hub, SolarEdge’s new approach to home energy backup

    SolarEdge Technologies launched its new Energy Hub Inverter with Prism Technology this week, which combines its HD-Wave technology with the functionality of StorEdge in order to create a more flexible, simple-to-install home backup system. This builds on the company’s vision for a fully optimized smart home future as the EnergyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New SolarEdge optimizers support higher wattage solar panels, more modules per optimizer

    SolarEdge is expanding its power optimizer portfolio with options to reduce install time (doing more with fewer components) and accomodate higher module powers. Here’s the details sent our way: • The new multi-input M1600 power optimizer for ground-mount installations has two MPP trackers, connected to four panels in multiples ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The role of inverters in the rise of virtual power plants

    A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of distributed energy sources aggregated into a single cloud-based point of control at the utility. When distributed energy generation sources are coupled with storage (like a group of solar homes), greater possibilities for cost reduction and revenue generation emerge. As part ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine