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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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What Happened to Solmetric Products? (News Item)
*SunEye210 with GPS
The acquisition of Solmetric by Vivint in 2014, left most
installers and DIYers hopeful that Vivint would be producing replacement
products and/or selling the popular So ...
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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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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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Solar Panels and Home Value (News Item)
Solar does more than simply reduce or eliminate your energy
bills. It also increases the value of your home or business to install a PV
array. According to research done by the National Renewable E ...
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How to Clean Your Solar Panels (News Item)
One of the most commonly asked questions regarding module
maintenance, is how to clean the panels. Dirty modules not only affect the
overall aesthetic of your array, they can be less efficient as d ...
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Florida Solar Energy Incentives and Rebates (News Item)
Although Florida has the third best physical and geographic
conditions in the United States, their solar policies keep it ranked at
seventeenth for installed solar capacity. The state does no ...
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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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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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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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Complete Maintenance Guide for Trojan Batteries (News Item)
Trojan Battery Company is one of the leading solar battery
manufacturers, their batteries have one of the longest lifetime expectancy
and energy output in the industry. In order to keep any battery ...
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Preparing Your Roof for Solar (News Item)
For roof-mount solar arrays, the condition of your roof can
be the breaking point for obtaining solar permits. If you have damaged
shingles, leakage, sagging or moss and algae growing you may have ...
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Nevada Solar Energy Rebates and Incentives (News Item)
The sunny state of Nevada is a prime candidate for solar
installations. Nevada proves this as it has the most solar installations per
capita in the United States. However, the majority of sol ...
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Texas Solar Energy Incentives (News Item)
*30MW Texas Solar FarmIn the early 1990s Texas was the country’s leader in wind
energy, however much of its holdings were tied into Enron, and after the Enron
scandal took place, the state fell beh ...
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Understanding Your Roof and Installing Solar (News Item)
There are a number of different roof types, and with each
roof type, there is a different
racking application that will help maximize
your energy potential. Identifying your roof type begi ...
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Panasonic Solar Panels: The Complete Review (News Item)
Panasonic is a leader in energy efficient, long lasting, premium solar energy technology. Their solar panel series the HIT is the result of the company’s dedication to research and development, wh ...
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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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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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Is DIY Solar Worth the Investment in 2019? (News Item)
You're thinking about going the DIY solar route and want to know, "Is DIY solar worth it?" That's a good question, so that's why we put together a step-by-step guide to calculating, assessing and des ...
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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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IronRidge Racking: The Complete Guide (News Item)
IronRidge is a global leader in solar racking founded in
the mid-1990’s and has since supported the growth of the industry by developing
code-compliant racking solutions for roof and ground m ...
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Colorado Solar Rebates and Incentives (News Item)
With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, it isn’t
surprising that Colorado has made many top 10 lists in renewable energy
including most solar installed per capita to greatest solar job gr ...
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LG Chem RESU Battery: The Complete Review (News Item)
You know LG from their popular electronics and solar panels. Now, LG Chem produces the high quality LG Chem RESU battery for hybrid solar energy storage. In this review, we will examine the LG Chem R ...
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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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Mission Solar Panels: The Complete Review (News Item)
Mission Solar Energy is a solar panel manufacturer based in
San Antonio, Texas, USA. They design, engineer and assemble their high-quality
solar panels, and have quickly risen in popularity a ...
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Minnesota Solar Energy Incentives (News Item)
Minnesota boasts one of the countries strongest Renewable
Portfolio Standards (RPS), with an impressive 25% requirement for utilities to
source their power from a renewable energy source by the ...
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GNB Industrial Power Absolyte GP Battery Technology (News Item)
GNB Industrial Power is a world leader in valve regulated
lead acid (VRLA) battery power for solar and renewable energy applications.
With proven field experience since 1983 the Absolyte GP batteri ...
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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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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 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 ...