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Solar Distancing, ep. 4: Battery charging and monitoring basics for solar + storage
Chris Crowell
March 26, 2020
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COVID-19 response: SunPower cuts salaries, expenses to save nearly $50 million
March 25, 2020
News Astral Power
COVID-19 response: Astral Power is giving money to any household that enrolls in its community solar program
March 25, 2020
News EDF Renewables
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative contracts with EDF Renewables for additional 30 MW of solar
March 25, 2020
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Lightsource BP closes on financing for 260-MW solar project in Texas
March 25, 2020
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Emptying our coronavirus notebook: Solar ITC update, industry concerns and...

Sheesh. The COVID-19 pandemic has left little time for the Solar Builder editorial staff (me) to keep up with and report on solar industry f...

March 25, 2020
News KACO inverter
Yes or no: Should 1,500 volt solar inverters be installed...

As part of our 2020 Solar PV Inverter Buyer’s Guide, we asked manufacturers “Should 1,500 volt solar inverters be installed on r...

March 25, 2020
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Solar Distancing, ep. 3: How to size a battery bank...

We chat with Eric Hill, energy storage and systems manager at Outback Power, about why sizing your home’s energy storage system proper...

March 25, 2020
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Solar Distancing, ep. 2: What should solar installers work on...

Solar businesses, like all businesses, are having a rough go of it because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this forced down period, it might be...

March 24, 2020
News SolarEdge EV charger/solar inverter
Solar PV technology trends from the 2020 Inverter Buyer’s Guide

As part of our 2020 Solar PV Inverter Buyer’s Guide, we asked manufacturers to tell us one trend emerging in the marketplace solar ins...

March 24, 2020
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Energy Storage North America to be paired with Intersolar North...

Diversified Communications, which resurrected and relocated Intersolar North America this year, has acquired Energy Storage North America (E...

March 23, 2020
Inverters and eBOS FIMER HQ
Get familiar with inverter manufacturer FIMER (which acquired ABB last...

FIMER started as a welding technology company in Italy in 1942 that started to develop inverter technology applied to industrial automation ...

March 23, 2020
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Cool COVID-19 response: Suntuity Solar offers fleet, call center services...

Suntuity Solar, the residential solar division of the Suntuity Group of companies with its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, launched a new i...

March 23, 2020
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Trina Solar begins mass production of its 500 Watt solar...

Trina Solar Co. has a pilot line for the mass production of the 500W+ Duomax V and Tallmax V modules up and running. The event marks another...

March 23, 2020
News Checkmate Xplorer Harness
Pure Safety Group debuts new comfy fall protection gear: Checkmate...

Pure Safety Group (PSG), manufacturer of fall protection equipment used by workers at height, has introduced the new Checkmate Xplorer indus...

March 23, 2020
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Solar Distancing, ep. 1: What the heck is this?

Welcome to episode 1 of Solar Distancing with your quarantined host Chris Crowell, managing editor of Solar Builder. Solar Distancing is a r...

March 23, 2020
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ECA Solar adds a VP of development to expand focus...

Since the company’s first installation six years ago, ECA SOLAR has developed, engineered, and safely installed solar PV systems on ov...

March 19, 2020
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GAF Energy adds Solaria high-efficiency panels to its roof-integrated solar...

GAF Energy is North America’s leading provider of roof-integrated solar solutions, and this week it bolstered the power of its system ...

March 19, 2020
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Resistance is not futile: Solaria PowerXT panels now classified as...

Solaria Corporation, a global provider of advanced solar energy products, today announced that Solaria PowerXT panels have passed Potential ...

March 18, 2020
Inverters and eBOS
Rapid Shutdown NEC 2017: There are more options than you...

With the provisions of National Electrical Code (NEC) 2017 article 690.12 now being applied in over 30 states and growing (and which we re-e...

March 18, 2020