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Fire-Rated Solar Systems Required in California for 2015

The U.S. solar industry will be hearing a lot more about UL 2703 (mounting) and UL 1703 (modules) standards in relation to fire ratings and ...

A Decade In Review

After 10 steadily successful years of the U.S. solar industry, what have we learned? It’s often difficult to comprehend how far the so...

Sun Block

Solar carports have secured a strong foothold in the industry in the last few years. They really are a double whammy — generating elec...

Built to Last

Nine Fasteners produces wire management clips with safety and longevity in mind. Wire management on solar arrays is more than just an aesthe...

Snap And Play

We at Solar Builder try to present stories about products and practices that can make installers’ jobs easier. We’ve known about...

Distributed Power Optimization

Companies are working together to lower the cost of PV even further. The PV industry is faced with increasing pressure to lower the cost of ...

Quick Climb to the Top

Looking to shake up the solar mounting market, GameChange Racking has made some big strides in its first few years. GameChange Racking has t...

Deep Thinking

A lot of work goes on underground to transport solar electricity from up above. In a state where the average temperature approaches 90&...

Dominion Virginia Power to Install 70-kW Solar System at Local...

Dominion Virginia Power continues to add megawatts to its Solar Partnership Program by installing 240 photovoltaic panels on the rooftop of ...

Kearsarge Energy Completes 15.4-MW Solar Project in Massachusetts

Kearsarge Energy, a renewable energy project developer and financier based in Watertown, Massachusetts, announced today the successful compl...

Blue Oak Energy Installs 900-kW Rooftop/Carport Solar System

Fortinet, a provider of network security appliances, has flipped the switch on a 900-kW solar electric system which blankets its Santa ...

Bear Republic Brewing Co. Installs Solar Array with Enphase Microinverters

Enphase Energy announced that North State Solar Energy, a Northern California-based general contractor that specializes in solar-electric in...

Fluor Completes 170-MW Solar Project in California

Fluor Corp. has completed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for both phases of LS Power’s new Centinela Sol...

SunEdison, TerraForm Power Complete Solar Projects at California Prison, Hospital

SunEdison Inc. a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services and its affiliate TerraForm Power, ...

Region Solar Completes 150-kW Solar Project for Florida Gardening Business

Region Solar has just completed a 150.3-kW rooftop and carport solar photovoltaic installation at SimGar, The Simple Garden, in Bradenton, F...

REC Group Signs 85-MW Solar Panel Supply Agreement for U.S....

REC Group, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, announced today that it has signed solar panel supply agreements totaling 85...

Rosendin Electric, Array Technologies Install Solar Tracking System in California

Array Technologies Inc. (ATI) and turnkey solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Rosendin Electric have joined togeth...

Minnesota National Guard to Build 10-MW Solar Array at Camp...

Minnesota Power and the Minnesota National Guard will join forces to build a major solar energy project at Camp Ripley, the largest military...

Financing Closed on 30-MW Solar Project at NC Airport

Seminole Financial Services, a national lender in renewable energy, announced today that with the closing of the 29.6-MWdc Halifax County Ol...

Innovative Solar Systems Obtains Financing for 200 MW in North...

Innovative Solar Systems LLC has obtained construction financing for just more than 200 MW of the companies already approved and constructio...