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September 14, 2016
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Boviet Solar modules now available with built-in Spice Solar Racking technology
September 14, 2016
News Axion Power energy storage
Axion Power debuts a residential energy storage system
September 14, 2016
Financing SolarWorld
SolarWorld installers now have access to project financing via REC Solar, Duke Energy
September 13, 2016
News PV210 from Seaward
Seaward’s tool that combines solar commissioning tests with I-V curve analysis debuts at SPI
September 13, 2016
News MiaSole-FLEX-W
MiaSole debuts next-gen flexible, thin-film PV module

Timed with the Solar Power International, MiaSolé is making its Next Generation Flexible Ulta-Light Solar Technology Products availab...

September 13, 2016
News APSR robot survey Terrasmart
Survey your next solar site with this autonomous robot from...

TerraSmart may have revolutionized solar site surveying at Solar Power International this year, introducing a fully autonomous robot, called...

September 13, 2016
News Sharp-SmartStorage-Hi-Res
Sharp offering financing for C&I solar-plus-storage projects (12 MW coming...

Sharp Electronics Corporation’s Energy Systems and Services Group is now offering financing for commercial and industrial (C&I) so...

September 13, 2016
News maxim integrated PV cell optimizer
Multiple PV manufacturers integrate new cell-string optimizer technology from Maxim

New cell-string optimizer technology from Maxim Integrated Products Inc. allows photovoltaic panels to harvest significantly more energy and...

September 12, 2016
News Fronius featuring entire inverter lineup, giveaways
SPI Preview: Check out these five inverters on the show...

APsystems’ YC500i offers trunk cable, integrated ground The new YC500i with EnergyMax is APsystems’ newest microinverter, offeri...

September 12, 2016
News SEIA Q2 2016 PV installations
Solar industry sees 43 percent growth in second quarter

Growing 43 percent year over year, the U.S. saw 2,051 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) installed in the second quarter of 2016. Acc...

September 12, 2016
News sunlink distributed tracker
SPI Preview: Track down these new solar tracker options

Trackers aren’t quite the niche product they used to be, only provided by a handful of manufacturers. There are some new players in th...

September 12, 2016
News SunLink
SunLink’s VERTEX platform gets an upgrade, expands monitoring capabilities

SunLink Corp.’s next-generation, secure project optimization platform VERTEX now features expanded electromechanical monitoring capabi...

September 9, 2016
News AET-Rayport-I-Roof
UL’s Advanced Inverter Testing and Certification Program finally ready

The UL Advanced Inverter Testing and Certification Program has finally arrived. As electric utilities continue to modernize their grids thro...

September 9, 2016
News High-efficiency panels are ready for wider installation
SPI Preview: High-efficiency, smart panels ready for wider installation

High efficiency panels are trending up for a variety of project segments as the costs become more reasonable. The SPI show floor is going to...

September 9, 2016
News SEIA board of governors
Open letter (and petition) urges for change in SEIA’s board...

Two prominent voices for renewable energy have circulated an open letter to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and a petition to...

September 9, 2016
Financing Tabuchi-Electric
Tabuchi launches a first of its kind solar-plus-storage loan program

Solar-plus-storage is assumed to be the way of the future, someone just needs to figure out the best economic path forward. Tabuchi America ...

September 9, 2016
News SolaTrim barrier system
SolaTrim expands Canadian distribution through EECOL Electric

SolaTrim LLC, innovators in protective barriers that beautify and safeguard residential solar systems, has reached agreement with EECOL Elec...

September 8, 2016
News RBI Solar
Next-gen ground-mount solution from RBI Solar makes its debut

RBI Solar recently unveiled its latest solar racking system, the RBI Solar next generation ground mount solution, after it achieved ETL Clas...

September 8, 2016
News ABB
SPI Preview: Central inverters up the voltage, add capabilities

Large-scale systems are becoming more powerful and more advanced, at least if the show floor of Solar Power International this year is any i...

September 8, 2016