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SMA vs Fronius String Inverters: What’s Best? (News Item)
SMA America and Fronius are industry leaders in solar
string inverter technology. Both companies offer high-efficiency inverter
solutions for residential, commercial and hybrid solar energy syst ...
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JLM Energy: Intelligent Energy Storage System (News Item)
Energy storage is a time-consuming process, from research to
maintenance, battery backup systems are oftentimes difficult to size, very
expensive, and require a great deal of maintenance. Fur ...
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Power Optimizers: Everything You Need to Know (News Item)
Power optimizers connect to SolarEdge inverters to increase efficiency at the point of power generated from the solar modules. The optimizers increase the conversion rate and efficiency fo ...
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How Much Does the Average DIY Solar Power System Cost? (News Item)
Every solar homeowner wants to know what the average DIY solar power system will cost. We looked at the average PV system size throughout the U.S., aggregated costs throughout multiple priced sola ...
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Top 10 States for Solar Installations 2014 (News Item)
Here is our top ten solar states for 2014 solar energy system installations.
*Image courtesy of seia.org
1) California
In 2014 California
installed an impressive 4,316MW of s ...
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S-5! Clamps for Metal Roof Solar Installations (News Item)
Are you having difficulty figuring out how to install solar on your metal roof? If so, you are not the only one, with different metal roof shapes and spacing it can be difficult to find an all in one ...
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Enphase VS APsystems Microinverters (News Item)
Microinverters offer a wide variety of benefits to home and
commercial solar arrays. They typically last longer than traditional string
inverters, ensure that each panel is working to their maximum ...
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REC Group Solar Panel's Cutting Edge Technology (News Item)
REC Group as joined likeminded manufacturers such as
Canadian Solar in introducing ground-breaking new technologies that enhance the
efficiency of solar modules during both peak sun hours and in lo ...
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How to Pick the Best Inverter Manufacturer (News Item)
Inverter sizing can be fairly straight forward with all the
sizing tools and intuitive nature what the correct sized inverter should be.
However, the picking the best manufacturer can sometimes be ...
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Future of Solar: The Enphase Storage System (News Item)
Enphase Energy stock hits low as director Kortlang buys big
Enphase Energy, Inc.
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One of the few tier-one micro-inverter
companies dealing in Solar Energy has repeatedly ...
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IronRidge UFO and FF2 Installation Process (News Item)
*IronRidge Water Tight Design
IronRidge is known as one of the
solar industry’s racking manufacturers due to its high-quality components and
long lifetime. By the end of 2016 IronRidge intr ...
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OutBack Energy FLEXmax Charge Controllers Technology (News Item)
OutBack Energy offers a number of components for both on and
off grid solar arrays. One of their leading sears is the FLEXmax charge
controllers which features continuous Maximum Power Point Tracki ...
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Trina Solar PD Series Solar Panels (News Item)
Trina Solar offers innovative, reliable products that are
highly efficient and backed by a strong customer centered company. Trina Solar
is well known for being one of the leading companies in the ...
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The Benefits of Midnite Solar Charge Controllers (News Item)
Midnite Solar has numerous products designed for use in on
and off grid solar arrays. From accessories to pre-wired back up kits, they
provide solutions fit for a wide range of applications. Their ...
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Getting Started with Solar for Your Home (News Item)
*Roof Top Solar ArrayAs the cost of solar arrays continues to decrease, home
solar systems have become more obtainable for many homeowners. Furthermore, the
affordable cost offers a great ROI over ...
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Best Solar Inverters: Enphase, SolarEdge, SMA (News Item)
When it comes to your solar power system, the inverter is
one of the most important components. It takes energy generated from the solar
panel and transforms it from DC to AC energy (a more u ...
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Solaris Adds Solar Panel Kits for Home and Business (News Item)
News ReleaseSolaris Expands
E-Commerce Site Offering Complete Solar Panel Kits Including Electrical
Diagrams
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 27, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- Solaris Technology Industry, Inc ...
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Ginlong Solis Inverters and Monitoring Review (News Item)
Ginlong Solis manufactures highly efficient solar inverters
with compatible inverter monitoring units. Although they are not well known in
the solar industry, their quality and low cost makes them ...
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New York City's Food Carts Go Solar (News Item)
New York, yellow taxis, subway
stations, that east coast charm, and now food carts with solar
energy. Current food carts run off of diesel generators, which
produce high levels of green house gas ...
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Expected Trends for Solar in 2015 and Beyond (News Item)
The recent boom in the solar market is expected to continue through the 2015 year. In fact, the global demand for new solar installations is projected to increase by 25%. During the 2013-2014 year, s ...
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5 Solar Deals for Summer (News Item)
Summer is here, and the warm weather is perfect
for installing your solar energy system. After making the decision to go solar
you may feel overwhelmed with the number of options on the market. It ...
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Trina Solar "The power behind the panel" (News Item)
Founded in 1997, Trina Solar is a
leading manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and
an industry leader in system integration. Focusing on such areas as
the global solar market, ...
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What are the Pros and Cons of Micro-Inverters? (News Item)
Solar installations require a lot of
time, planning and decision making. One of the factors that needs to
be considered when putting together any system is: "What type of
inverter do I need or wan ...
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Essential Tools for Solar Installations (News Item)
Although solar systems require common household tools such
as a screw driver, hammer rails and so on, there are specialized tools designed
specifically for solar installations. Some tools are desig ...
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Grounding Techniques to Prevent Inverter Damage (News Item)
Although many inverters come with integrated grounding and
arc fault protection, proper care to ensure complete grounding is necessary to
ensure that your inverter will not be overcharged from a po ...
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Solar Glossary (Web Page)
Solar Energy Glossary and Terminology Index
The solar glossary contains definitions for technical terms related to solar power and photovoltaic (PV) technologies, including terms hav ...
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The Photovoltaic Effect (Web Page)
The Photovoltaic Effect
The Photovoltaic effect is the creation of voltage or an electric current in a material upon exposure to light and is a known and understood to be a phy ...
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Rebates and Incentives (Web Page)
State and Local Solar Incentives
There are many state and local rebates for qualifying solar energy systems that combine with the Federal Tax Credit to help system owners reduce the co ...
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Design Your System (Web Page)
Design Your Solar Energy System
Since you now know the PV array size needed to power your energy demands, you can start designing your solar energy system. It is important to p ...
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Solar Guide (Web Page)
Guide to Going Solar
Taking the first step to going solar is exciting! Once complete, you will first know what your best options are when choosing a solar energy system. Second, you wi ...