Scaled-back energy bill signed in MN, stable module pricing, more! : pvMB 6/3/19
Happy Monday and welcome to the pvMB! Today we bring you a solar medical bus, solar and copper, Google’s desire to watch ALL power plants from space, and Clarksville going 100% solar, as the first 100% city in Arkansas!
Canadian Solar and Trina Solar set efficiency records: pvMB 5/28/19
Hello and welcome back from your Memorial Day weekend and to today’s edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be taking a look at NeoVolta’s home battery being approved for California’s Self Generation Incentive Program, the expert landscapers keeping up with New York’s Tompkins Solar Farm and more!
Panasonic’s new premium installers, 100 MW coming to Illinois: pvMB 5/23/19
Hello all and welcome to your Thursday pvMB, today we’ll be checking out OpenSolar’s new solar software design and sales app, Azelio’s thermal energy storage becoming PV compatible and more!
Rapid shutdown gets its first Sunspec certification in Fronius
The Fronius Symo Advanced product line, which had already been NEC 2017 compliant when coupled with a Tigo TS-4, is now also certified for rapid shutdown by the SunSpec Alliance.
The heterojunction “Alpha” solar module at 21.7% efficiency
REC Group has released the official specification page for its heterojunction Alphα series of solar modules, peaking at 380 watts with the standard module, and 375 watts for the all black unit.
LONGi launches new high-powered half-cut bifacial module
The Hi-MO 4 offers power ratings up to 430 watts, with module efficiencies as high as 19.2%, as the latest high-powered module to hit the floor at Intersolar Europe.
Bloomberg updates bankable module list, new additions to the StorEdge family: pvMB 5/13/19
Happy Monday one and all and a happy belated Mother’s Day, too. Today we’ll be looking at Seraphim launching its PLANET line, Blackburn College’s upcoming installation, Innogy acquiring two North Carolina projects and more!
New York utility gives free hardware to solar and EV buyers
ConEdison is supplying the ConnectDER solution—which accepts solar and EV wiring directly at the electric meter—when customers install solar and electric vehicles. Installation of the device avoids costly electric panel upgrades.
A free solar future, drones patrolling the skies above solar farms: pvMB 5/2/19
Welcome, welcome to this Thursday’s pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out Suntuity’s free solar giveaway, Brooklyn Solar Canopies going south, sPower and Cypress Creek alleging project blocking by Consumers, the launch of the Atlas platform and all the rest of today’s ultra-important solar news.
Solar-powered hydrogen and dumplings: pvMB 4/30/19
Hello and welcome to this morning’s edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Nexamp winning six community solar projects in Illinois, FTC Solar supplying 30 MW of trackers in Oregon, SFPUC’s clean power milestone and everything you need to take on today in the solar industry.
