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Author Archives for Charles W. Thurston

Articles by Charles W. Thurston

Products Sunfolding
Seven solar tracker system tweaks and new tech to know...

This article appears in the Spring issue of Solar Builder magazine. Get your free subscription (print or digital) here. Sunfolding’s p...

April 20, 2020
Featured CPS America O&M feature
Exclusive details on CPS America’s dedicated solar inverter O&M service

The concept of offering operations and maintenance (O&M) to solar asset holders is not new. A host of O&M companies now provide soup...

March 31, 2020
Financing Power Electdronics' New EV Charger
Six solar investment trends: Energy storage and shorter PPAs (and...

Corporate investors in solar energy are modifying their expectations and demands for future utility-scale solar projects, bolstering the pro...

February 13, 2020
+ Storage EverVolt Panasonic
Solar + storage roundup: All the single-vendor systems and strategic...

Along with the doubling of the U.S. residential solar + storage market last year, new system providers have cropped up like spring weeds, he...

January 14, 2020
Featured trina solar
Vertical Reach: Trina Solar is taking turn-key solar procurement to...

Solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies have all too often been forced to choose solar components for projects as a ...

October 15, 2019
+ Storage NEXTracker
Stacks on Value Stacks: The large-scale solar plus storage market...

Large-scale solar + storage is on the drawing boards of a host of major EPCs, with the current round of demonstration plants leading to whol...

August 6, 2019
Featured McCarthy Building
Sustainable Planning: Inside McCarthy Building’s holistic approach to solar development

When a $4.5 billion-a-year employee-owned solar EPC determined how to best maximize local trainee headcounts on projects, the solution not o...

June 4, 2019
Featured solar install
Crossing Wires: Solar installers are connecting new services to spark...

More solar installers are adding products and services to their core offering, both to help customers fulfill their sustainable energy goals...

April 2, 2019
Featured GP Joule
Snowlar Builder: We look at the opportunity of solar development...

Solar power is starting to bolster the energy capacity in northern climes, especially across Canada and Alaska where diesel generators take ...

February 5, 2019
Featured utility data
Clear and Present Data: Utility data is kept in the...

Solar customer data is increasingly being used for quantifiable savings by solar installers, developers, energy arbitrators and utilities. T...

October 9, 2018
Featured shave and a rate cut
Shave and a rate cut: How solar + storage solutions...

Shaving the peaks off commercial and industrial (C&I) electric bills is the top revenue stream for energy storage systems, and given the...

July 23, 2018
Mounting Guide Quick Mount PV’s Tile Replacement Mount
The Replacements: These solar mounts for tile rooftops cut labor...

It’s always reassuring when solar technology moves faster than a federal regulator, even if it is a well-intentioned agency like the U...

May 31, 2018
Featured crowd
Solar Service 2.0: Identify new service, upsell opportunities with smart...

Solar inverter intelligence and monitoring has evolved mightily over the last few years, from silent rows of capacitors to today’s cir...

April 3, 2018
Batteries battery
Battery chemistry matters: What to know before installing solar +...

The days when a residential or commercial solar installer did not need to know the difference in performance between lead-acid and lithium-b...

February 20, 2018
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