Solar installation companies and contractors build solar electric systems, solar pool heating systems and solar hot water systems at every scale – residential, commercial and utility. Many types of companies install solar systems. The primary industry begins with solar contractors, and then branches out to electrical contractors and plumbing contractors. General contractors and roofing contractors
Installation Notes: Helicopter Required In Honolulu
April 20, 2013 : 0 Comments
Sunetric, a Hawaii-based solar design and installation company, has shown that no contract is too tall an order, even if it’s 32 stories tall. Sunetric installed a 200-kW photovoltaic system at the top of a 32-story tower in the heart of downtown Honolulu. With about 6,000 people living, working or passing through Kukui Plaza every
Installation Notes: SunPower On Sunset Beach
April 12, 2013 : 5 Comments
Sunset Beach, N.C., residents James and Susan Murray are the first solar photovoltaic array owners in town. The 4.58-kW system will supply 65% of the Murrays’ energy needs and save them over a thousand dollars annually – and it achieves their goal of reducing their carbon footprint. Cape Fear Solar Systems, a Wilmington, N.C.-based residential
What Is The Best Battery For Your Solar Power System?
March 25, 2013 : 1 Comment
Deep-cycle, lead-acid batteries are widely used in renewable energy and grid-backup system, and are ideally suited for these applications because of their long, reliable life and low cost of ownership. There are many companies that sell deep-cycle lead-acid batteries, so it is important to understand the technologies and other performance factors that affect overall operation
What Are Solar Engineering Services?
March 21, 2013 : 0 Comments
Engineering in the solar industry relates to designing these plants and maintaining them along with researching better methods of collecting this source of energy. Other aspects include photovoltaic technologies along with transferring this energy to the national grid. Just as with any technical discipline, solar engineers are versed in all aspects of solar energy necessary
SolarCity Powers Eight More Schools
March 14, 2013 : 0 Comments
SolarCity announced a 1.5-MW solar power project that will bring renewable energy to eight Barstow Unified School District (BUSD) schools and facilities. The solar installations are expected to save the district $112,000 in their first year and roughly $5.3 million over the next 20 years, which will directly benefit classroom instruction constrained by years of budget
Array Technologies Wins 268-MW Tracker Contract
December 19, 2012 :
Array Technologies, Inc., a USA-based manufacturer and supplier of solar tracking systems and related products for utility, commercial and residential PV customers, has announced it has been selected to supply its DuraTrack horizontal, single-axis solar trackers for one of the world’s largest photovoltaic plants. The utility plant will be located in California’s Imperial Valley and
1st Light Energy Chooses Solectria To Power 10 MW Of Solar Rooftop Installations
December 14, 2012 :
1st Light Energy has chosen Solectria Renewables to deliver PVI 60/82/95KWcommercial inverters to for solar rooftop installations on Extra Space Storage facilities across the United States. A critical part of Extra Space Storage’s mission is to reduce their carbon footprint by using solar to power their facilities. Extra Space Storage chose 1st Light Energy as the installer and integrator to
Schletter Installs Its FS Solar Ground-Mount System
October 26, 2012 :
Every Schletter ground-mounted solar system is custom designed and engineered regardless of the size of the project (5 KW to 100 MW and beyond). To properly engineer and accurately price a system, it is imperative that we have certain inputs for our design spreadsheets that accommodate the specific site requirements and customer requirements.
SPW Exclusive: Don’t Let These Five Pitfalls Derail Your Solar Deal
By Conor McKenna, SPW Contributor You hear this story pretty regularly in the U.S. market: a solar sponsor develops a ‘good’ project with all the necessary boxes checked: Site control, a signed PPA, an interconnection agreement and permits well under way. The developer has found a buyer at a given acceptable price, and the developer