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NREL Finds Microinverters Can Improve Performance in Shade

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simul...

Getting that Competitive Edge

Solar installations help large retailers save costs and better forecast their budgets. Even big-box stores like to save money, and retailers...

Q&A: The Importance of Large Inverters

A Q&A with Ryan Parsons, senior solar PV application consultant with Siemens Q: Why is it important in large commercial and utility-scal...

Improving Tomorrow’s Installers

Krannich Solar offers industry-approved training courses to newbies and veterans looking to learn the right way to build the U.S. solar indu...

Valuable Protection

Choosing the right enclosure material for wires and other solar equipment can prolong the life of the entire system. By Jeff Seagle The sun ...

Life After Death

As solar modules reach the end of their lifespans, safe disposal options include recycling and reusing.   By Debbie Sniderman As an inc...

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Dynamic Solar Installs 257-kW System at Recycling Facility

Pro Pel Plastech, a recycling solutions center in Massachusetts, has acquired a new roof mounted solar array that re-defines the meanin...

Ontario Rooftop Installations to Use Heliene Panels

Moose Power Inc., a leading rooftop solar developer in Ontario, announces that Heliene Inc. has been chosen to supply 1-MW of solar panels f...

Largest Non-Utility Owned Solar Project Dedicated in N.J.

Lincoln Renewable Energy (LRE), a leading developer of solar and wind projects, yesterday held the official dedication ceremony for its 12.5...

Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy Sign Merger Agreement

Westinghouse Solar Inc., a designer and manufacturer of integrated rooftop solar power systems, and CBD Energy Ltd., a diversified renewable...

D.C. High School to Install 500-kW Array

Solar Solution LLC is proud to announce that it has been awarded the contract to install a solar PV array at the newly constructed Dunbar Hi...

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First Solar Project on State-Owned Landfill Dedicated in New Jersey

Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today joined the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and SunDurance Energy to dedicate the ...

SPI to Install 6.4 MW at Waterpark and Ski Resort

SPI Solar today announced it has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with a subsidiary of KDC Sol...

First Large-Scale Solar Facility on Public Lands Goes Online in...

As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to energy, yesterday Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar “flipped the s...

Tennessee Stove Company Installs 200-kW Solar System

Brown Stove Works Inc., located in Cleveland, Tenn., completed the interconnection of a 199.64-kW solar field to the Cleveland Utilities Boa...

Johns Hopkins University Installs 818-kW System on 7 Buildings

The Johns Hopkins University has teamed with leading solar energy development companies Eastlight Renewable Ventures and RGS ...

Iron Mountain to Install Solar at Storage Facilities

Iron Mountain Inc. announced plans today to install solar panels on the roofs of eight of its document storage facilities in Massa...

Hammond Manufacturing: Stainless Steel Enclosures

Hammond Manufacturing offers a number of versions of floor mounted and freestanding stainless steel enclosures designed to house electrical,...

PsomasFMG Installs 7-MW System at California School District

La Mesa Junior High School was the host site for Wm. S. Hart Union High School District’s flip-the-switch celebration today for a sola...

Construction Starts on Largest PV Project in the World

This week, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Inc. marked the start of major construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo Co...