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One part of the 9.32-kW solar project, on the organization’s bunkhouse. Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions (CWG) recently powered up its new solar panel grid system at the Gulch Base Camp. The money saved on utilities will fund scholarships that give kids access to outdoor education. Coordinated by nonprofit, Everybody Solar, and installed by NM Solar Group, […]
Energy storage provider Yotta Energy has designed a 1 kWh battery to be mounted under rooftop solar modules. Ten years ago, the idea of putting a microinverter or optimizer behind a rooftop solar panel was a stretch. Today, module-level panel electronics warrant their own initialism and enjoy an 80% market share in the U.S. residential […]
Typical 1500V array-powered DC/DC converter with 24V DC output. Solar arrays, particularly utility-scale and commercial and industrial (C&I) installations, collect a significant amount of data for efficient asset management and qualitative operational metrics such as performance ratio. A substantial amount of this data can be collected from inverters and substations with easy access to AC […]
Batteries Published on February 18th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley February 18th, 2020 by Steve Hanley A report by Reuters, based on information supplied by unnamed sources, claims Tesla and Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL) are in the “advanced stages of talks” that may lead to Tesla using cobalt-free battery cells developed by the Chinese […]
Tigo Energy announced it has shipped more than one million rapid shutdown units worldwide. These units are available from more than 20 distributors in the U.S. as well as Tigo’s PV module and inverter partners in residential and commercial markets. The demand to comply with the U.S. National Electric Code (NEC) 2017 — and now […]
The PexaQuote software is said to allow both parties to a power purchase agreement to identify the best structure and price for a deal within seconds. The platform provides price indices, a deal tracker and a quote service. February 18, 2020Emiliano Bellini PPA price indices. Image: Pexapark Swiss software developer Pexapark has unveiled its PexaQuote […]
Nautilus Solar Energy, a nationwide owner-operator of distributed and community solar projects, announced the acquisition of a 3.5-MW community solar project in Cranston, Rhode Island from ISM Solar Development, a developer of large commercial and utility-scale solar projects. The acquired solar project resides on a closed landfill that is a former EPA Superfund site, effectively […]
This could be you! Consumers who switch to solar energy can save up to an average of 30% on their monthly electric bills, in addition to other savings in the form of tax and financial incentives. These savings, plus the low cost of PV panels are a few of the reasons why more residential households […]
Corporate accelerator program seeks solutions to power the new electric world Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America, and Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, are now accepting applications for Bold Ideas 2020. Greentown Labs and Schneider Electric are seeking submissions from Pre-Seed to […]
“We were forced to work around the clock. We never saw land. They beat us. Whipped us. The company hunted us day and night,” intone Burmese workers in “Ghost Fleet,” a Vulcan Inc documentary about slavery on fishing vessels. The Ghost Fleet clip opened the GreenBiz20 workshop “Putting People First: How to be a Force […]
