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September 12, 2016
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News SunLink
SunLink’s VERTEX platform gets an upgrade, expands monitoring capabilities
September 9, 2016
News AET-Rayport-I-Roof
UL’s Advanced Inverter Testing and Certification Program finally ready
September 9, 2016
News High-efficiency panels are ready for wider installation
SPI Preview: High-efficiency, smart panels ready for wider installation
September 9, 2016
News SEIA board of governors
Open letter (and petition) urges for change in SEIA’s board of director governance
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
News smart electric power alliance
SEPA trying to develop new metric to measure distributed energy...

Locational value, the potential to defer traditional “wires” investments, is a key value proposition for distributed energy reso...

September 8, 2016
News United States solar energy
Report: U.S. Energy storage deployment spreading across more diverse markets

According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor, a quarterly publication from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association (ESA), the...

September 8, 2016
News Sharp-SmartStorage-Hi-Res
New Mexico’s first commercial solar-plus-storage project now up and running...

A Roadrunner Food Bank became the first commercial solar-plus-storage project in New Mexico, thanks to Sharp Electronics Corporation’s...

September 8, 2016
News PV_Booster
Rooftop trackers? Edisun to debut the PV Booster at SPI

Edisun Microgrids, a company created at Idealab, has launched an entirely new tracker concept called the PV Booster. This would be the only ...

September 7, 2016
News Fronius string inverters optimizers
Fronius, Maxim collaborate on new string inverter, DC optimization solution

Inverter manufacturer Fronius and semiconductor company Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. have expanded their collaboration to provide new lev...

September 7, 2016
News New RBI Solar ground-mount uses less steel
SPI Preview: Four fixed-tilt mounting products to see

New RBI Solar ground-mount uses less steel RBI Solar’s next generation ground-mount solution will be available for viewing and demonst...

September 7, 2016
News Solar FlexRack TDP Trackers Installed In Holdrege 5MW Solar Project Near Lincoln Nebraska
Nebraska’s largest PV plant installs TDP Turnkey Trackers from Solar...

  The largest solar power generation plant in Nebraska just installed Solar FlexRack‘s TDP Turnkey Trackers Solution. The trackin...

September 6, 2016
News BayWa re
BayWa r.e. enters module business in Australia, acquiring Solarmatrix

BayWa AG, Munich, through its subsidiary BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH, acquired the photovoltaic distributor Solarmatrix based in the We...

September 6, 2016
News sungrow 1500 volt string inverter
Sungrow hits market with 1,500-volt string inverter

Sungrow released what it is calling the world’s first 1,500-volt string inverter, the SG80HV, at the AsiaSolar 2016 sol...

September 6, 2016
News Snake Tray
SPI Preview: Eight innovations for rooftop mounting at SPI

Advanced Racking (booth W1113) specializes in the design, manufacturing and sale of PV mounting systems for all types of roof tops and will ...

September 6, 2016
News Enphase AC Battery
SPI Preview: Solar-plus-storage solutions for homes to microgrids

The solar-plus-storage revolution has only just begun, but there are some great systems of varying size, scale and scope that you need to ch...

September 6, 2016