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Google's Project Sun Roof Tool (News Item)
*Ariel View of Viable Roof-Top Solar Homes
Google has become synonymous with the Information Age, and
as the company continues to grow, it sets the bar for corporate renewable
energy relian ...
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Global Solar Energy Rising (News Item)
Regardless of political and economic shifts around the
globe, renewable energy has continued to grow in both residential and
commercial markets. With countries setting high goals for energy changes ...
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Hybrid Solar Systems: What You Need to Know (News Item)
With the rising utility costs and power outages in the
United States, it is no surprise that more home and business owners are turning
to hybrid solar energy systems. Hybrid systems are grid tie ...
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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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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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California Solar Energy Incentives List (News Item)
California has long been a leader in renewable energy
installations and incentives for both businesses and homeowners. The state’s
Renewable Portfolio Standard currently requires all utili ...
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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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How to Properly Size a Disconnect Box (News Item)
In terms of safety, properly sizing and utilizing a
disconnect box is among is extremely important to ensure the lifetime of your
system. Disconnect boxes are available for both AC and DC con ...
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How Long Do Solar Panels Last? (News Item)
It is important to understand exactly what you will be getting from your solar energy system over the long-term. Solar panels are one of the most costly sides of this system investment. Kn ...
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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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Canadian Solar Panels: The Complete Review (News Item)
Canadian Solar is a solar panel manufacturer based in Ontario, Canada and is one of the three largest solar manufacturer companies in the world. Canadian Solar has facilities in Canada, China, Bra ...
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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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Connecticut Solar Energy Rebates and Incentives (News Item)
Despite the its small size, Connecticut is among the top 30
states in terms of population and is the fourth most densely populated state.
The state also gets an average of 4.5 hours of direct ...
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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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Indiana Solar Energy Incentives (News Item)
*59MW Indiana Solar Energy Farm
Although Indiana recently passed the controversial Senate Bill 309 that limits net-metering incentives for residential home solar
systems; the state has numer ...
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Solaria American Made Solar Panels (News Item)
With the current turbulence in the solar market causing
price increases in companies outside the United States, the interest in
American made solar panels is higher than ever. While the courts hear ...
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Enphase Ensemble Solar Battery: The Complete Review (News Item)
Enphase Energy changed solar power conversion with their
microinverter technology, now, they have revolutionized energy storage with their newly released
Ensemble Series. Unlike traditional h ...
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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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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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Morningstar Corporation (Web Page)
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Resources (Web Page)
Solar Resources
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 ...
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Learn Grid-Tie Systems (Web Page)
What Are Grid-Tie Systems?
A Grid-Tie Solar System, is an electrical producing power module which is connected to a 'power grid', i.e., (your local utilities company). Grid-tie ...
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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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Learn Off-Grid Systems (Web Page)
What Are Off-Grid Systems?
An Off-Grid System is an electrical producing power module which unlike 'Grid-Tie'; is not connected to a power utility. Off-grid systems are general ...
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How Solar Cells Work (Web Page)
Understanding How Solar Cells Work
Solar cells convert the sun's energy into electricity through the photovoltaic affect; the ability of matter to emit electrons when a light i ...
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Learn About Solar Energy (Web Page)
What is Solar Energy?
Solar Energy is the radiant light (Solar Radiation) and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using several types of technologies such as: solar heating, ph ...
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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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Determining Your System Type (Web Page)
What Type of System Do You Need?
Now that you understand your energy usage, ways to reduce it, area and solar yield available, best installation locations on your property, whe ...
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History of Solar Energy (Web Page)
The History of Solar Energy
Beginning in 1839, Edmond Becquerel created the world’s first photovoltaic cell. He placed silver chloride in an acidic solution and illuminat ...
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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 ...