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Use-on-9_Sollega_CORE1_CommercialRooftopInstall Winding down rapid shutdown issues on C&I rooftops
Charles W. Thurston
July 15, 2024
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Batteries Sinovoltaics BESS quality assurance
Sinovoltaics BESS quality control detects (and corrects) battery issues at the factory
July 12, 2024
News Fronius Gen24
Product of the Week: Fronius GEN24 now available in United States
July 12, 2024
News United States solar energy
Unirac, Enphase, SolarEdge promote U.S. manufacturing capacity this week
July 12, 2024
+ Storage Michael Phelps EVERVOLT system
Check out Michael Phelps’ massive home solar + battery system
July 12, 2024
eBOS Nature's Generator
Nature’s Generator adds 50 amp 120/240V 12-circuit Transfer Switch

Nature’s Generator keeps on innovating. In September 2023, Nature’s Generator introduced a 30-Amp 12-circuit 120/240-Volt transf...

July 9, 2024
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Video: Improve solar business profitability with product flexibility

Residential solar is in a lull, and the best path forward may be product and design flexibility. On this episode of The Pitch, we discuss th...

July 9, 2024
Projects Caution AD/CVD tariffs
New AD/CVD tariffs could stifle otherwise thriving U.S. solar industry

The U.S. solar industry is healthy, but trouble lurks ahead. According to a new report, potential new tariffs resulting from the antidumping...

July 9, 2024
News LG-Home-8
LG Home 8 ESS financing available via Synchrony

LG Electronics USA is expanding its partnership with consumer financing company Synchrony. LG’s independent Pro Dealers have access to...

July 8, 2024
News united-states-solar-energy
EnergySage now available in all 50 states

For over a decade, renewable energy marketplace EnergySage has been connecting homeowners with solar installers consumers with its nifty com...

July 8, 2024
News Powerwise-solar-met-station-1
PowerWise SOLAR adds Solar Data Systems monitoring to MET Stations

Solar monitoring solution provider Solar Data Systems is partnering with PowerWise SOLAR, a prominent player in the Utility and C&I sola...

July 8, 2024
News EVerest-public-charging-standard
Solving public EV charging issues with open-source software

Recent surveys and media reports indicate that the lack of a comprehensive public EV charging network and unreliable EV chargers are a major...

July 8, 2024
News SMA-Unirac
Crash course in PV Hazard Control Systems at NABCEP 2024

This recap of a UL 3741 training session at NABCEP 2024 was originally published in the Q2 2024 edition of Solar Builder. The UL 3741 listin...

July 8, 2024
News California is the place you ought to be
Solar ‘resilience hubs’ in California to add 8 GW for...

A new study published by the Society for Risk Analysis shows that solar-powered “resilience hubs” could generate up to 8 GW of p...

July 3, 2024
Projects michigan
J&B Solar tapped for 175 MW utility-scale project in Michigan

J&B Solar will manage the mechanical construction for a 175-megawatt utility-scale solar project in Montcalm County, Michigan. The mecha...

July 2, 2024
News SMA carport project
Case study: Chestnut Hill North Apartments rooftop and carport solar...

Solar PV projects for multifamily / apartment buildings is often tricky. How will the solar energy be divided among renters and common loads...

July 2, 2024
Projects Rutgers agrivoltaics solaredge
Rutgers selects SolarEdge for agrivoltaics research program

SolarEdge Technologies will be part of a research and demonstration program conducted by Rutgers University in New Jersey. The program will ...

July 1, 2024
Policy SMA-commercial-rooftop
The state of C&I solar policy, regulations in summer of...

By Anthony Laurita, SMA America As solar technology continues to advance, the commercial and industrial (C&I) sectors stand at the foref...

July 1, 2024
Inverters and eBOS Ds3 microinverter
APsystems added to CertainTeed Solstice Panel warranty AVL

APsystems and its high-powered, multi-module microinverters, have been added to the CertainTeed Solstice Panel warranty approved vendor list...

June 28, 2024
+ Storage Trina Storage Elementa 2 Elevate
Trina Storage rolling out Elementa 2 Elevate in North America

As we wrote in January, 2024 is a big year for Trina Solar in the United States. “The shining example is the new 1.35 million sq ...

June 26, 2024