SolarVision consultants take a closer look at inverters and microinverters, and the challenges vs. benefits in integration, cost, and reliability.
Reducing balance-of-system (BOS) costs is a largely untapped opportunity to improve the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar installations -- and one area in particular could make the biggest difference, explains Ted Sullivan from Lux Research.
Continuing his discussion on how to map and achieve a successful solar PV installation, John Williams from Solar Panels Plus explains the importance of inverter specification and configuration in an overall solar PV system design.
In a truly successful solar PV installation, the customer is happy and has received what was expected -- and it all starts during the initial selling process with information gathering, proposal generation, and setting expectations. John Williams from Solar Panels Plus presents an upfront checklist for properly educating a solar customer right from the start.
While both the overall economy and the construction market are important to the prospects for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), the construction market is a stronger influence. Economic growth in the absence of construction growth can boost growth in photovoltaics installations, but new construction is where the largest growth will occur, particularly for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), writes Paul Markowitz from NanoMarkets.
Confluence Solar's decision to build a $200M manufacturing plant in Tennessee is the third major solar power manufacturing investment in the state, and puts it in the forefront of the burgeoning silicon-based solar power industry.
Despite an overall tough year for solar photovoltaics (and most other industries), new installations and shipments of PV modules actually "grew substantially" in 2009, thanks in part to a rush ahead of anticipated tariff adjustments in Germany, according to a recent analysis from IMS Research.
Origin Energy Ltd. and Micron Technology have formed a 50/50 joint venture targeting photovoltaic technology, a combination presumably aimed to help the Australian energy company achieve new levels of high-volume manufacturing efficiencies.
An evening panel discussion at a Jan. 12 Commonwealth Club event in San Francisco sought to find answers to barriers still facing California as it struggles to source a significant portion of its electricity from renewable energy.
Year-end rankings might not tell the whole story about who's most successful in an industry, but they give enough insight to who's figured out what the market needs, notes Navigant Consulting's Paula Mints.
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Tracking Solar Collectors: Simulating the Performance of Different Types of Solar Collection Systems
“Tracking Solar Collectors: Simulating the Performance of Different Types of Solar Collection Systems” discusses basic design issues for solar concentrating ... Sponsored By:
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