commercial solar Articles
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How Commercial Solar Lighting will Affect Your Business
There are plenty of folks in contracting that aren’t aware of the benefits that commercial solar lighting can bring to a business. We’ve held conferences and meetings to discuss the benefits of solar with contractors and project managers that admitted they weren’t aware of what benefits solar can bring to their plate. Here’s a quick rundown of how a corporation can benefit ...
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Mojave air and space port - Commercial solar lighting - Case study
The Mojave Air and Space Port is home to the worlds largest plane, the Stratolaunch, as well as the Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two, the world’s first suborbital spaceship. The main road “Airport Blvd” leading into the Space Port, as well additional roads within the airport, have been unlit since the airport was built in 1935. About The Project Lighting Type: IDA ...
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Why More Businesses are Switching to Commercial Solar Lighting
If you’re in charge of a lighting project, it’s likely the case you’re aware of the kind of lights and fixtures you may see around town. It’s also likely that, on occasion, you’ll come across a commercial solar lighting system installed in a parking lot, park, or public area. That’s the case nowadays since solar energy has been on the rise. Here’s some ...
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Why More Startups Embrace Solar Power
All businesses require efficient electric energy to run their operations. Any inconsistency in the supply can paralyze normal operations, which can lead to substantial losses. Due to the disadvantages of the traditional sources of electricity, many startups are resorting to alternative energy. Solar lighting has proven itself to be among the most reliable sources of energy that can be embraced by ...
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Project - Rwanda
The Project: The solar field at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda embodies a range of causes: it helps the long-term sustainability of the Village, it is good for the environment, it generates local employment and education and it empowers the country with access to electricity - which in itself results in a myriad of benefits for the Rwandan population. Located on rolling green hills, ...
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Solar in Schools: Alternative Way of Powering Education Institutions
All businesses require efficient electric energy to run their operations. Any inconsistency in the supply can paralyze normal operations, which can lead to substantial losses. Due to the disadvantages of the traditional sources of electricity, many schools are resorting to alternative energy. Solar lighting in schools has proven itself to be among the most reliable sources of energy that can be ...
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Do Solar Panels Work in the Winter?
Unless you are from sunny California or one of its neighboring southern states, you have probably wondered if solar panels work in the winter. Good news- solar panels work in the winter since they are still powered by light. They will continue to produce energy if the sun is out even if there 6 inches of snow on the ground. Solar panels are active in most kinds of weather, concluding that energy ...
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Fueling the demand for solar systems
Solar street lighting market valued at $15B by 2024 It’s no secret governments and companies are trending toward reducing, or eliminating, their carbon footprint, and their dependence on fossil fuels. This is due to a number of factors including increasingly more education on environmental impacts, more transparency, and a widespread desire to be eco-friendly. It’s a growing trend ...
By Urban Solar
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Nanoscale Research on Kilometre Scale Solar Panels
Now that solar energy has a larger share in our energy supply, it is becoming more important that solar panels are reliable and behave predictable. To be able to predict when solar panels will fail, insight into the failure mechanism is essential. This knowledge is used to improve the quality and longevity. Scientists at TNO Energy Transition and Solliance Solar Research have developed a ...
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Solar Baking Under the Sonoran Sun
Walk down almost any city street in Sonora, Mexico and you’re likely to see bakeries filled with sweet breads, empenadas and Mexican cookies. Ciudad Obregon is no different. In a small, poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Ciudad Obregon (a city of 400,000), a group of women have started their own bakery. Along the dirt roads of Aves del Castillo and under the heat of the Sonoran sun, this small ...
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State of the art on solar drying technology: a review
Solar thermal energy is used in many countries of the world in the agricultural area to conserve agricultural produce and in the industrial sector for drying commercial products. Solar drying is practical, economical and the responsible approach in an environmental point of view. Solar dryers are available in large range of sizes, different design and are used for drying various food and ...
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Project - Lumos Solar Throwback Thursday: Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas
Introducing our new spotlight series, Lumos Solar Throwback Thursday, where we’ll take a look back at some of the most memorable projects we’ve done to date. In 2017, one of the biggest annual events in sports took place: Super Bowl LI where The New England Patriots squared off against the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Worth noting is not the outcome of the game ...
By Lumos Solar
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Burt Highway Michigan Solar Installation Case Stufy
Patriot Solar Group worked in coordination with Country Air and Wind Energy to install a residential fixed tilt post driven ground mount array. The system complies with Consumers Energys’ Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). The program allows residential and commercial customers to build solar arrays to offset their energy consumption and sell excess power back to Consumers. ...
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CSP technology advances crucial for cutting costs in South Africa
With some of the highest levels of Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) in the world, CSP is positioned to play an immense role in South Africa’s energy landscape. Currently, four CSP technologies are being promoted internationally, parabolic trough, power tower, fresnel and dish stirling, but with the lack of operational data in South Africa the industry is still evaluating the suitability of ...
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Mathie Residence Solar Installation Case Study
Project Overview: Owner and CEO of Patriot Solar Group, Jeff Mathie, had a solar installment completed at his home near Duck Lake in Central Michigan. The installment complies with Consumers Energys’ Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). The program allows residential and commercial customers to build solar arrays to offset their energy consumption and sell excess power back to ...
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Father, son team grow Vista Solar from longtime chip maker
Patrick Callinan and his company, Silicon Valley Microelectronics Inc., had done one thing for more than 20 years - selling the silicon wafers to make computer chips and solar panels - when they noticed a trend. By 2008, the solar industry accounted for an increasing amount of their business. So Patrick and his son, Jaymes, decided to try something new. Four years later, the solar installation ...
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Gresham Highway Solar Installation Case Study
Project Overview: Patriot Solar Group in coordination with Country Air and Wind Energy to supply and install a residential fixed tilt post driven ground mount array consisting of 40 panels. The system complies with Consumers Energys’ Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). The program allows residential and commercial customers to build solar arrays to offset their energy ...
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For cheaper solar photovoltaic systems
It is known for several decades, photovoltaic devices that exploit the sun's energy to convert into electricity used to provide a sustainable alternative - and potentially unlimited - the use of fossil fuels. So why these solar technologies have they not been adopted more widely? Simply “because they are too expensive," said Ji-Seon Kim, professor of Solid Physics at Imperial College of ...
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EkonoRack 2.0 is our best-selling mounting system
If you have a commercial flat rooftop and plan to install solar panels, our EkonoRack 2.0 mounting system is perfect for you! EkonoRack 2.0 is our #1 best-selling commercial solar mounting system for flat roofs. The system is a simple non-penetrating solar mounting solution with a single racking component that acts as a ballast tray windshield mount and multiple panel support. The mounting ...
By KB Racking
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A commercial approach to solar power distribution in India
In India, approximately 5,000 of 79,000 unelectrified villages, either unapproachable from the grid line or subject to uneconomic viability, are awaiting electricity through SPV power as the only suitable technological option. SPV power, which is expensive in capital cost, although affordable in tariff, is on successful trial through a novel scheme that is subsidy-free. Limited scale ...
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