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What is Micro-inverter?
Small inverter connected to each individual PV panel and converting its direct current into alternating current. Microinverters are a crucial step forward in
Sep 13, 2023
Microsoft to buy 230MW from Engie’s clean energy duo in Texas
Microsoft has purchased 85MW of solar energy from Engie as part of a broader agreement covering 230MW of clean energy generated by the developer's Texas operations.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Engie, First Solar, Microsoft, North America, corporate ppa
Best Solar Landscape Lights
Are you interested in solar landscape lights but don’t know where to obtain them? We’ve got you sorted. Our article will teach you how to choose the best lamps and show you the best ones to buy.
Apr 20, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Solar, Solar Landscape Lights
Lithium Extraction Plan Takes Root in Arkansas: Q&A
El Dorado, Arkansas, was an oil boomtown a century ago when crude was found in the Smackover Development. Since then the underground brine from the Smackover has ended up being a major world source of business bromine.
Apr 8, 2021 // Market Research, USA, North America, Arkansas, El Dorado,, Robert Mintak, Standard Lithium, lithium project
DuPont on the hunt for Aussie field survey partners
Over the last decade, DuPont has surveyed more than 2 GW of PV installations and has analyzed a range of failure types and their causes. Hong-Jie Hu, DuPont’s solar technical and development lead in China, says that the materials giant is looking for Australian partners for its Global Field Survey program, with a particular interest in hot and humid and desert environments.
Oct 16, 2019 // Solar, China, Asia, Hong-Jie Hu, DuPont
7 Questions to Stump a Solar Salesperson
Getting the right solar tech installed in homes can be very challenging in absence of proper knowledge and experience. It's not like purchasing a car or any
Dec 9, 2020 // Solar
Solar pioneer Pierre Verlinden: The big problem is apathy
On the first day of this year’s EU PVSEC conference, veteran solar researcher Pierre J Verlinden won the Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics. The award recognized more than 40 years as a leading PV researcher in academia and at leading companies including Sunpower and Trina Solar. Its recipient spoke to pv magazine about what is needed from solar to stave off catastrophic climate change.
Sep 11, 2019 // Opinions, SunPower, China, Europe, Asia, wafers, Trina Solar, PERC, eu pvsec, Pierre Verlinden
Embrace clean energy or risk US$71bn in stranded coal assets, Japan told
Japan risks saddling its citizens with an inefficient, economically obsolete power fleet if it doesn’t rethink its current plans for a large-scale roll-out of new coal, experts have warned.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Japan, SunPower, utility-scale PV, Asia, coal phase-out, total solar, thinktank, carbon tracker, japan solar
Argentina stakes claim to Latin American PV crown with 300MW launch
Argentina has staked a claim to Latin American solar records after wrapping up the extension of a complex that could reach gigawatt-scale proportions within 10 years.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, Argentina, South america, Asia, cauchari, jujuy, jemse, shanghai electric, power china, Gerardo Morales, Eduardo Macri
What is Single phase power?
A form of AC, where all electrons move back and forth simultaneously. In most countries, for example in Australia, AC reverses 50 times per second. If all
Sep 13, 2023
What is Thin film photovoltaic module?
A type of a PV module created by means of depositing sequential thin layers of a semiconductor material. Thin-film modules require less material than
Sep 13, 2023
Flanagan & Gerard, co-developers kit out four malls with solar panels
Shopping centre developer Flanagan & Gerard Property Development and Investment has invested R16-million in the installation of solar plants at its malls, in an effort to save energy and reduce its carbon footprint.
Sep 27, 2019 // Rooftop PV, rooftop PV, Africa, eskom, Flanagan & Gerard Property Development and Investment, Vaal Mall, Middleburg Mall, Springs Mall, Paul Gerard
Hyundai-made vehicle with solar rooftop charging
Hyundai Motor has created the world’s first vehicle equipped with solar roof-mount charging. The innovative solution is claimed to provide extra electrical power, maximize fuel efficiency and driving distance.
Nov 26, 2019 // Transport, Asia, Korea, North America, Hyundai Motor, New Sonata Hybrid
LG Chem reveals plans to produce plastic photovoltaic panel frames
LG Chem has developed a plastic material that can replace the metal in photovoltaic panel frames and is preparing to "begin major market penetration," according to a news release.
Oct 20, 2021 // Manufacturing News, LG CHEM, PV module
HSGS-Ameresco to mount 700-kW solar + storage space microgrid at White Sands Missile Range
HSGS-Ameresco, a joint venture accredited as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the Small Business Administration as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), revealed that it has actually been granted a contract to mount a microgrid system at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), the Department of Defense's largest al fresco armed forces test center in New Mexico.
Aug 26, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Dave McNeil, HSGS-Ameresco









