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Bifacial Solar Panels: What You Need to Know (News Item)
Bifacial solar panels have solar energy cells on both the front and back side of the solar panel. This allows solar energy to be collected on the backside of the panel and enhance the energy output o ...
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Longi vs Trina Solar Panels: What's Best? (News Item)
Longi Solar and TrinaSolar are among the leading manufacturers of value-based, high efficiency solar modules. Both companies offer their modules at an affordable price point, making them an att ...
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Installing Solar in Low Sunlight Environments (News Item)
There is a common misconception that solar is only useful in
sunny areas such as California. However, with advances in solar technology
those in less sunny areas such as the Northern United States ...
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SolarWorld High Watt Sunmodule Solar Panels (News Item)
SolarWorld has lead the way in American made solar panels
for the last decade or so, but in recent years’ production and recall issues
have made them difficult to come by. Long lead times have lead ...
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Solar Net Metering Guide (News Item)
Net metering enables solar homeowners to balance their energy usage by exchanging energy back and forth with the electric company, usually for a credit. Net metering is a very useful tool to have ...
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Best Practices for Commercial Solar Arrays (News Item)
Commercial solar arrays are typically designed and sized in
the same manner as residential systems. However, there are a few notable
differences between the systems that are worth keeping in mind w ...
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Canadian Solar Panel Deals for 2017 (News Item)
This year in solar energy, Canadian Solar has continued to
manufacture and release a series of PV modules at higher wattages, better
efficiencies, and lower costs than any other year before. These ...
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Kaneka Corporation New Solar Cell Technology (News Item)
Kaneka Corporation, a chemical
manufacturer based in Japan, has set a new milestone in solar technology with
their record breaking energy efficient solar cell. Although the efficiency
rates of sol ...
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What is the difference between Poly and Mono Solar Panels? (News Item)
There are a number of factors a
homeowner needs to consider before beginning the transition into
solar power. Choosing between the two types of solar cells is no
exception. While the difference be ...
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Iowa Solar Energy Incentives and Net Metering (News Item)
Iowa is a largely agricultural state and ranks 5th
in the nation for per capita energy consumption. Although they are not a leader
in terms of solar policy, ranking 23
rd in terms of solar polic ...
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Fall 2018 Catalog: Best Solar Panels and Inverters (News Item)
Fall is officially here and the holidays are just around the corner. With the end of the year comes the last minute rush for solar systems to be installed. We have compiled a list of available com ...
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Washington State Solar Energy Incentives (News Item)
Washington is well known for being forward thinking in terms
of renewable energy. They were the second state, following Colorado to pass
their Renewable Energy Standard through a ballot initi ...
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How Solar Will Fair with Trump in 2017 (News Item)
Donald Trump has made clear throughout his candidacy, that he has many goals and ideas for reigniting American energy development through fossil fuels - such as oil and gas for quite some time now ...
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Solar Energy Trends and Predictions (News Item)
Summer is nearing an end and fall is just around the corner,
we move towards the end of 2017. Solar in general has seen a great shift with
new high-efficiency, high-watt modules taking the industry ...
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Solar Panel Kits with Enphase Micro-Inverters Now at Solaris (News Item)
Grid-Tie Solar Panel Kits
For Spring of 2016, we are proud to announce that the first
line of our pre-packaged Solar Panel Kits with
Enphase Energy M250 Micro-inverters and Canadian Sol ...
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How To Pick The Best Solar Panel Manufacturer (News Item)
Selecting the right solar panel for your systems needs is
essential in having a successful solar installation. With the number of solar
panel manufacturers currently in the market, and coming into ...
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California Mandate Requires Solar Power for New Homes (News Item)
California became the first state to implement a requirement
for all new homes to have solar panels on Wednesday (05/09/2018). The unanimous
decision by the California Energy Commission has se ...
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Panasonic HIT Series Solar Panel Technology (News Item)
Panasonic solar panels currently have the highest efficiency
ratings in the industry at 19.7% efficiency. What gives Panasonic the edge over
their competitors, like most manufacturers their edge co ...
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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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Best Deals for Solar During Summer 2017 (News Item)
The summer season means warm weather and plenty of sunny
days across the United States. It is also the best time of year to install a
solar array on your residential or commercial property. With th ...
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Five Steps for DIY Solar Power System (News Item)
There are a myriad of tools online to assist you in
determining what kind of
solar power system you will need for your specific energy
needs. However, complicated formulas, industry speak ...
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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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LG Solar vs Panasonic: What’s Best? (News Item)
You know of LG and Panasonic from their electronics
divisions, now both big companies are manufacturing some of the best solar
panels in the industry to date. Since their induction ...
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California Solar and Grid Technology (News Item)
California is well known in the United States as being a
leader in residential, commercial and utility scale renewable energy
installations. The state offers a vast array of incentives and rebates ...
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Canadian Solar vs Hanwha Q Cells: Most Value? (News Item)
Canadian Solar and Hanwha Q Cells are well known for
manufacturing and delivering quality, value-based poly and mono solar panels.
As the adoption of solar has gradually increased, so has the de ...
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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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Connecticut Establishes Program for Solar (News Item)
In an effort to encourage home and business owners to begin
installing solar arrays, the city of Ridgefield in Connecticut has established
the Ridgefield Action Committee for the Environment or (R.
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Building a Quality and Affordable Solar Power System (News Item)
Often we get asked when planning and
designing a new photovoltaic array, “Which Solar Panels and Inverters do we recommend to use?”The short answer is, it really depends
on your energy needs a ...
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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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Solar Resources center contains a rich, detailed, and complete list of information for anyone considering going solar, to new or ongoing system owners, and installers w ...