Solar quality assurance working group forms at SEIA
A new working group on solar quality assurance has been formed at the national solar organization and it will release an updated Best Practices Installation guide at the Solar Power International trade show.
Letter beseeches the U.S. ITC: Please don’t destroy our businesses
The mounting segment of the solar industry united as one to request the dismissing of Suniva/SolarWorld’s Section 201 trade case, citing the potential for damage to their businesses if the U.S. market shrinks.
Audi & Alta Devices to develop solar for cars
The gallium arsenide PV maker will collaborate with Audi on thin-film solar research, with plans to exhibit a PV-integrated Audi prototype vehicle by the end of this year.
Coronal completes the largest portfolio of military solar to date
The developer has built three solar projects totaling 120 MW-AC on Navy and Air Force bases on the Florida Panhandle.
1366’s Direct Wafers achieve 20.1% and 20.3% cell efficiencies
Independently verified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab, the company and partner Hanwha Q Cells have reached these milestones using PERC cell technology.
Sungevity is back from the dead
The merger of Solar Spectrum and Horizon Solar Power is expected to create the nation’s fourth-largest residential solar installer.
HelioPower emerges from Chapter 11
Six days ago, a judge in Nevada approved the company’s reorganization, saying the company had met all its obligations. The approval gives HelioPower the green light to resume doing business.
First Solar sells another 280 MW-AC solar project
The thin film maker is unloading projects to third parties as it increasingly focuses on module manufacturing.
The future of solar in MISO
MISO plans to conduct a multi-year study of how increasing amounts of solar and other forms of renewable energy will impact its territory and how to manage expected growth.
And the grid shrugged: North Carolina, Georgia see little effect from solar eclipse
Let’s hope Secretary Rick Perry was paying attention: Today’s eclipse across two of the country’s most solar states yielded almost no disruption – meaning solar does not inherently weaken the grid.
