Solar PV module technology is better and more cost-effective than ever, but manufacturers continue to push the boundaries in terms of power, efficiency, cell layouts, connections and dimensions. For this Solar PV Module Buyer’s Guide, we reached out to all of the major manufacturers to explain what new tech andRead More

Solar Builder readers submitted their coolest, most innovative and noteworthy solar projects of the last 12 months, and after combing through another record amount of submissions, we’ve narrowed the field to these 2020 Project of the Year nominees! This year the field is divided into FIVE categories: Residential (single-family, multi-family)Read More

REC Group announced the launch of the REC ProPortal last week — a one-stop shop for REC Certified Solar Professional installers. Users can stay up to date on REC products, simplify their daily business processes and ultimately grow their sales through a new REC Lead Management System that’s part in theRead More

Dependable Hawaiian Express and REC Solar, an unregulated affiliate of Duke Energy, installed a solar microgrid solution (complete with baller PV panel rooftop design) that bring reliability, savings, zero-emissions generation and more to this Hawaii-based freight company. The vision for renewable generation combined with energy storage as a backup powerRead More

REC Group has unveiled a new ProTrust Warranty for its solar modules, to be exclusively offered by certified REC Solar Professional installers. The REC ProTrust Warranty includes a 25-year product warranty, 25-year performance warranty and up to 25-year labor warranty by REC Certified Solar Professionals. REC Group believes the comboRead More

For our 2019 Module Buyer’s Guide (included in the Jan/Feb issue of Solar Builder magazine) we rounded up profiles on the newest modules on the market and also surveyed solar module manufacturers on the trends they are seeing and some of the new technology to watch. The seven insights areRead More

This year’s Silver Project of the Year, the 18-MW Annapolis Renewable Energy Park, is an 80-acre monument to the virtues of civic collaboration. The project’s 54,000 solar panels will generate over 20,000 MWh of clean electricity each year (enough to power more than 12 percent of the city’s homes), generateRead More

REC Solar and Hawaiian Electric Co. broke ground on a 20-megawatt (MW), fixed-tilt solar facility, located at the U.S. Navy’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex. Once completed, the West Loch solar farm will produce the lowest-cost renewable energy in the state at less than 8 cents per kilowatt-hour.Read More

Cal Poly’s new solar farm, the university’s first major energy project since announcing a goal of climate neutrality, was dedicated at a Jan. 24, ceremony at the site. The 18.5-acre solar farm will generate more than 11 million kWh per year — enough to power more than 1,000 homes, orRead More

IKEA announced plans to install solar panels atop its future Jacksonville store opening Fall 2017. Panel installation will begin this summer, with completion expected in early Fall for what will be the fifth IKEA solar array in the State of Florida. The Jacksonville store’s 251,206-square-foot solar array will consist ofRead More