For all of the intrinsic value of solar, selling it on a wide-scale to homeowners might depend more on stuff like emotional appeal and aesth...
At the heart of a solar + storage system is a battery, but that heart can’t beat without its brain — the software layer telling ...
In previous generations of solar installations, the primary cost-driver was the electricity-generating modules. But in the past five years, ...
The goal of a solar tracking system is to boost the lifetime energy production of a given site, somewhere between 20 to 30 percent over a 30...
Disruption within the electric power sector has led to a changing, and sometimes unclear, role for U.S. utilities — uncertainty that h...
What’s the first thing that clients see when they get to your office, or when they recommend your solar services to friends and family...
You know how when you can see mountains in the distance, and it looks like they are maybe only a mile or two away but really they are 100 mi...
APsystems: True three-phrase microinverters APsystems boasts an industry best-selling 3-phase solar microinverter and the industry’s &...
If SEIA’s 88,000 job loss warning wasn’t enough, GTM Research has published a chilling report on the devastating impact Suniva&r...
Commercial rooftops offer a ton of potential job opportunities for solar installers and developers going forward. Analysts at the Energy Dep...
Wires are good for two things: 1) Installing a kick-ass PV system 2) Tripping people up. To accomplish the first, you must avoid the second ...
In the December 2016 Solar Builder, I discussed the industry evolution from passive to active and dynamic systems. Here’s a primer on ...
Should you go with a rail or rail-less PV mounting system on your next installation? Depending on who you ask, you will get strong opinions ...
For the first time ever, in 2016, U.S. solar ranked as the No. 1 source of new electric generating capacity additions on an annual basis. In...
You’ve probably heard, but more solar is being installed than ever before. As the cost of solar dropped the last decade, the economic ...
