Reclaiming power as a buyer in a tight PV module market
Material shortages, trade restrictions, and shipping bottlenecks create challenges for PV module buyers, but the good news is that there are steps to take to ensure quality and timely supply.
OpenSolar updates 3D design and sales software
The company worked with PVEL and NREL to test and validate its free design product.
Sunrise brief: Funding rounds fuel international firms’ U.S. expansion plans
Also on the rise: DOE back a Shell-led group in a liquid hydrogen test project, and registration is open for our 2021 Roundtables USA event.
Sunrise brief: SEIA program aims to broaden solar’s workforce diversity
Also on the rise: PVEL adds hail stress test for modules, Wolverine signs PPA for 150 MW of capacity, and smart inverters are starting to strut their stuff.
PVEL adds hail test to its module certification program
The hail stress sequence aims to address concerns from insurers and asset owners about the ability of PV modules to withstand severe hail impacts.
Sunrise brief: Key Capture and Sungrow ink battery supply deal
Also on the rise: PVEL crowdsources inverter performance data, and DOE offers a $2.5 million prize to expand energy justice and inclusiveness goals.
PV Evolution Labs crowdsources solar inverter testing
The testing is intended to offer inverter buyers an opportunity to leverage empirical data over the claims of product marketing materials.
3 takeaways from the PVEL 2021 reliability scorecard
The annual publication from PV Evolution Labs shares results from solar panel stress tests focused on specified and verified bills of materials.
Morning Brief: Clean energy SPAC attack continues, Nextracker’s solar tracker design at Australia’s largest PV farm
Also in the brief: David Crane’s SPAC closes its IPO this morning at $230 million, Romeo Systems, a maker of lithium-ion battery packs for EVs is going public via SPAC, FERC OKs CAISO EV charging, storage updates
Morning Brief: Sol Systems and Microsoft partner on 500 MW of solar, PVEL’s new inverter test lab
Also in the brief: Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary NV Energy goes full-on solar-plus-storage, and single-axis tracker analysis.
