SunPower to sell 11 MW of capacity in New England’s grid
SunPower has joined Sunrun in committing to sell capacity to the New England grid by aggregating household solar installations.
Tesla claims its New York factory built 4 MW of solar roof tiles last week, ‘enough for 1,000 homes’
Although every box of shingles we examined came from Changzhou, China, not the factory in New York.
Vivint continues residential solar growth, hopes to catch up on energy storage
Shares of Vivint dropped after the solar installer/financier posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss and sales missed expectations. Vivint posted a net loss of $33.5 million, compared with a loss of $12.9 million, in the year-ago quarter.
Jinko enters the residential solar game with a bang
The new n-type panels, which offer 405W of power output and an efficiency rate of 21.22%, are the manufacturer’s first designed specifically for homes.
Tesla solar glass roof tile photo gallery update
Videos from very involved solar roof owners. Some before and after photos. More tile boxes from China.
ESA: More records set for US energy storage installs in Q4, massive growth forecasted
“2019 was a remarkable year for energy storage and the record-breaking fourth quarter numbers reaffirm the industry’s tremendous growth.”
GAF Energy, part of the world’s largest roofer: The time is now for building integrated PV and solar roofs
GAF Energy’s president, Martin DeBono: “I think that Tesla has it absolutely right. They’re playing the long game, as are we. The industry will evolve from rack-mounted to BIPV.”
Aurora Solar software helps navigate the building code in new reality of the California solar mandate
The mandate means that “solar has to be moved up in front of the design process. You have to plan for a PV system before you start building.”
Morning Brief: Molten aluminum energy storage, Tesla looking for PV and storage project managers based in China
Also in the brief: Virginia Clean Economy Act, Utah’s residential solar future in the hands of its PSC and solar-powered irrigation in India
A plug-and-play solar-powered battery back-up solution for the home
The OneBox, from Indian manufacturer Vision Mechatronics, consists of a lithium battery, hybrid inverter and solar charge controller to give a ‘hassle-free’ solution for electricity back-up during power outages. Solar rooftop owners are offered a grid feed feature to maximize net metering income from any excess power generated.
