Next-generation solar technologies will drive a lower LCOE
FTC Solar’s Chief Technology Officer outlines how large-format, high-wattage modules and autonomous systems can drive down the levelized cost of energy of utility-scale solar power.
FTC Solar wins tracker order for Arizona solar project
The project combines solar and energy storage technologies and will be located near Phoenix.
FTC touts tracker capable of withstanding 120 MPH winds
The Voyager+ can withstand category 3 hurricane winds and also tackles the challenges of low wind speeds that have historically been an issue for 2P trackers.
Sunrise brief: D.E. Shaw finances Michigan solar project
Also on the rise: Capstone’s 132 MW solar project in Alberta enters service, Wallbox is looking for a site to make EV chargers, General Motors leads fundraising for battery-maker SES, NextEra buys more wind, and FTC Solar starts its IPO roadshow.
Iowa project goes online, boosting state’s solar market
The 127.5 MW Wapello Solar project almost doubles the state’s previously recorded installed solar capacity.
Hardware brief: 300hrs/MW install time, multicrystalline pricing at “historical” lows, power tools, more!
These are our tools, our advanced use of them sets us apart from the animals – so be good to your tools! Foen PV makes beautiful steel – some of it for solar, an earthquake caused a gas plant explosion, and Sensehawk is tying together many tasks via AI.
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.
