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Canadian Solar Opens Module Plant In Brazil
Canadian Solar has commenced solar module manufacturing at its new facility in Sorocaba, a municipality in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company says the...
Phillips 66 Announces ‘Breakthrough’ For Organic Solar Cells
Phillips 66, a Houston-based diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company, says it has set a new world record in power conversion efficiency for polymer-based single-junction organic...
Sunrun And LG Chem Partner On U.S. Residential Solar+Storage
Residential solar provider Sunrun Inc. and battery manufacturer LG Chem have announceda partnership to launch LG Chem’s energy storage technology in the U.S. residential solar...
Start-Up Unveils Commercial Rooftop Solar Tracker
Although tracking systems are prevalent in the ground-mount solar market, a California-based start-up has unveiled a new dual-axis solar tracker designed and built specifically...
NEXTracker Acquires Software Company BrightBox Technologies
NEXTracker, a solar tracker company and Flex subsidiary, has acquired BrightBox Technologies Inc., a provider of predictive modeling software and machine-learning technologies. NEXTracker says...
SMA Expands Residential Solar Inverter Portfolio
SMA has added four new models to its redesigned Sunny Boy inverter line, expanding its portfolio of residential inverter solutions. The UL-listed Sunny Boy 3.0-US, 3.8-US,...
ET Solar And LONGi Silicon Team Up On Mono Modules
Solar module maker ET Solar has signed a cooperation contract with Xi’an LONGi Silicon Materials Corp., a monocrystalline products manufacturer.
Under what the companies call a joint...
Modernize Launches Solar Cost Calculator For U.S. Homeowners
Modernize, an online service that connects homeowners with contractors specializing in energy-efficient home improvement projects, has launched ModSun, a residential solar panel cost calculator that...
Trina Solar Achieves New Average Efficiencies For PERC, DP Cells
Trina Solar Ltd., a provider of photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, says it has achieved an average efficiency of 20.16% for its industrially produced P-type multicrystalline...
TerraSmart Unveils New Ground-Mount Solar Racking System
TerraSmart, a provider of turnkey solar mounting, has introduced its new TF2 fixed-tilt ground-mount racking system, which the company says features a ground-screw foundation...
Ideal Power, sonnen Announce Commercial Energy Storage Solution
Energy storage company sonnen Inc. says it has expanded into the commercial and industrial energy storage market with the launch of the sonnenBatterie pro...
DNV GL Acquires Solar Monitoring Firm GreenPowerMonitor
Energy consultancy DNV GL has acquiredGreenPowerMonitor, a provider of solar monitoring, control and asset management systems.
Established in 2008 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, GreenPowerMonitor employs...
sonnen Unveils eco compact Energy Storage Solution
Energy storage company sonnen has introduced its sonnenBatterie eco compact, which the company says is a streamlined, all-in-one solution designed to increase grid-tied solar...
IHS Scorecard Highlights Top Solar Inverter Suppliers
SMA, SolarEdge, Schneider Electric, Sungrow, Huawei and ABB were all identified as solar inverter industry leaders with above-average scores for both market presence and...
First Solar Discontinues TetraSun Panel To Focus On CdTe
Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has announced it is discontinuing its TetraSun crystalline silicon solar panel, whose technology the company acquired from start-up TetraSun in 2013.
First Solar has been...
TMEIC Receives UL Certification For 1,500 V Solar Inverter
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC) has announced that its Solar Ware Samurai 1,500 V photovoltaic inverter has achieved a UL 1741 safety certification,...
Imec Bifacial Solar Cells Demonstrate Near 100% Bifaciality
During this week’s Intersolar Europe event, nanoelectronics research center Imec has presented at an efficient bifacial n-PERT (BiPERT) solar cell featuring a bifaciality value close to...
Hanwha Sets Efficiency Record For Multicrystalline Solar Module
South Korea-based panel maker Hanwha Q CELLS Co. Ltd. has announced a world-record-breaking multicrystalline solar module efficiency. The company says the Fraunhofer ISE CalLab...
SolarMax Rolls Out All-In-One, Fully Integrated Energy Storage System
Riverside, Calif.-based SolarMax Technology is bringing to the U.S. market what the company calls an all-in-one, fully integrated energy storage system, the FLEX.
SolarMax says it will...
Unirac Unveils Aesthetics Package For Solar Mount
PV mounting solutions company Unirac Inc. has announced what it calls a “superior aesthetics package” for its SOLARMOUNT product featuring new front trim and end caps.
According...