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    PV Modules NREL lightweight CIGS
    Benchmark costs for five solar PV module technologies

    This lightweight CIGS photovoltaic cell, on flexible stainless steel, was made by Matthew Reese and his team at NREL. Photo by Dennis Schroe...

    December 2, 2021
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    Community solar is primed for energy storage

    BentonSun project in Minnesota, via SunShare Community solar gardens are being primed as a major niche for energy storage, as more businesse...

    November 30, 2021
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    OMCO Solar on valuing customer service in today’s solar industry

    The power and success of a business is not valued solely on the number of projects or products. How a vendor responds in difficult situation...

    October 8, 2021
    News NREL-cost-declines
    Solar PV system costs still on the decline in 2021,...

    A Wood Mackenzie report in September expects solar PV system costs to rise for the first time in a decade, but the National Renewable Energy...

    November 17, 2021
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    Streamlined solar permitting helps communities – here’s the proof

    The world grappled with the global challenge of climate change during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26), discussing massive solution...

    November 16, 2021
    News OpenSolar 3D capture
    PVEL, NREL validate accuracy of OpenSolar’s solar design tool

    Third-party researchers PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) put OpenSolar, a free solar design and sale...

    November 8, 2021
    News
    Inside SolarAPP+ and NREL’s pursuit of seamless residential solar permitting

    The hazy days of unknown delay times for home solar permitting, inspection and interconnection appear finally may be behind the industry now...

    June 3, 2021
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    Regional growth: How (and why) Solar FlexRack trackers are deployed...

    For those tracking the U.S. solar tracker market, know that Solar FlexRack’s TDP 1.0 and TDP 2.0 trackers are on the rise. The Youngst...

    October 25, 2021
    News
    NREL, UL team up to commercialize solar permitting automation tool...

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced plans to collaborate with UL on de...

    May 4, 2021
    News National renewable energy laboratory NREL
    NREL research examines strategies for recycling solar panels

    PV modules have a 30-year lifespan. There is currently no plan for how to manage this at end of their lifespan. The volume of modules no lon...

    July 16, 2020
    News NREL multjunction solar cell
    NREL researchers hit new multijunction solar cell efficiency record of...

    Concentrated solar PV doesn’t make many headlines these days, but research continues to show its possible impact in the future. The Na...

    April 14, 2020
    News wattbuy and nrel
    An automated, searchable database of all U.S. electricity rates is...

    WattBuy, an energy intelligence service that enables consumers to make smarter choices about their electricity provider, and the U.S. Depart...

    March 11, 2020
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    Nothing Seals like BoltSeal®

    Compression You Can’t Beat What is mechanical compression? The term “compression” has been thrown around a lot lately in t...

    January 6, 2022