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Solar Company of the Year: Monitoring Solutions
EcoPhi Renewables Engineering GmbH won the prestigious ‘Solar Company of the Year: Monitoring Solutions’ award at KENYA SOLAR WEEK LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2022. The event focused on utility-scale solar, grid-connected rooftop solar, and off-grid solutions. There were exciting discussions and debates about the latest regulatory frameworks, current and future technology and business ...
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Solar Panel Systems for Homes to Become Common Occurrence In The Near Future
The solar panel systems for homes are very much in vogue across the country. The recent innovations in the solar power technology have promoted the manufacturers to bring out affordable modules for homes. However, there is a wide range of systems and every household has different needs. The online consumers can browse through a lot of information about manufacturers and the solar panel system ...
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Utilities Considered Key Audience at Annual Solar Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 8, 2007: The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) announced today the list of utility-specific events happening at the Solar Power 2007 conference in Long Beach (CA), September 24-27:• Monday, September 24, 9:00am-12:00pm: 'Developing Utility Business Models' workshop• Tuesday, September 25, 5:30-7:00pm: SEPA Utility Networking Reception• Wednesday, September 26, ...
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Eltek Passes 10,000 Hybrid-Solar Telecom Sites Installed
Eltek today announced it has installed more than 10,000 hybrid solar-grid power systems to remote telecom sites since it first launched hybrid-solar products in 2008. Solar power for telecom sites was once thought of only for off-grid telecom sites, but is now picking up momentum in a wide range of network locations. By using these hybrid solutions, which combine solar backup power and ...
By Eltek AS
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Ontario School Board Powers Up with Carmanah for an Additional Solar Grid-Tie System
Carmanah Technologies has been awarded a second contract by the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) of Windsor, Ontario, Canada to provide a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the new Tecumseh School. The Carmanah solar rooftop ballasted PV system, valued at approximately $580,000 (CDN), will install on the Tecumseh Vista Academy, the School ...
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ET Solar and CECEP Connect Two Rooftop Projects in Italy
ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), one of the leading solar PV one-stop solution providers, today announces completion and grid connection of two rooftop PV projects in Italy with total installed capacity over 2.3 MW. Located in the northwestern part of Sardinia, 10 kilometers west of the regional capital Sassari, the 1.83 MW project consisting of 3 rooftop solar systems were grid connected in ...
By ET Solar
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Carmanah Awarded $1.8 Million (CAD) Contract to Outfit Ontario Elementary Schools with Solar PV Systems
Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (Pink Sheets: CMHXF) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.8 million (CAD) to provide solar grid-tied PV systems for two elementary schools in Southern Ontario. Architects and planners for both schools considered the integration of a solar PV system early in the building’s design process. This, ...
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SMA America Supplies ARRA-Compliant Sunny Central Inverters
SMA America has announced the availability of select Sunny Central solar inverters for commercial and utility-scale projects requiring compliance with the “Buy American” clause in the American Reconstruction and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The ARRA-compliant central inverters are available for immediate order. Currently, the full Sunny Central Compact Power (CP) line—which ...
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PowerStream Solar Awards Carmanah $2 Million Solar PV Contract
Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (Pink Sheets: CMHXF) has been awarded a contract by PowerStream Inc, to supply and install a 350 kW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the Thornhill Community Centre located in Markham, Ontario. The Carmanah rooftop solar PV system, valued at approximately $2 million (CAD), began construction in October 2011. ...
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SMA America’s Denver Assembly Site Passes ISO Audits with Zero Findings
SMA America’s Denver-based, solar inverter manufacturing site recently passed its initial registration audit for both ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 standards. More importantly, both registration audits yielded zero findings. “This is a tremendous achievement for SMA,” said Scott Crabtree, general manager of North American operations for SMA America Production, LLC. ...
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Off-grid solar water system taps into Kenya`s booming smartphone base
Aquatech, a platform for professionals in the world of water technology, shared our story of the Solar Water ATM system in Kenya. Aquatech shares information about the business and has all "need to know" details of the water market today. Decentralized, off-grid and sustainable Solar Water ATM project has been up and running for a few months and it has got attention in various channels. Featured ...
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Eoplly and Solar Street Lights USA Power Early Warning Systems for City of Detroit
Eoplly USA Inc., a designer and manufacturer of solar products, and Solar Street Lights USA Inc., a US manufacturer of solar street lights and storage systems, today announced the completion of approximately fifty early notification and emergency warning systems for the City of Detroit, Michigan. The early warning and emergency notification systems were funded through a Federal Emergency ...
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Solar Mini-Grid Companies Being Targeted by Commercial Investors
Globally, around 1.2 billion people do not have access to electricity. Cost erosion in solar, wind, and energy storage technology is creating new opportunities for the electrification of rural areas. On the solution side, two main segments can be distinguished: solar home systems and mini-grids / microgrids. Solar home systems are self-sufficient solutions for individual households. A small solar ...
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SMA Canada to Debut New Micro Inverter and Ontario FIT Compliant Solutions at Solar Canada 2011
SMA Canada will provide a first look at the new Sunny Boy 240 micro inverter at Solar Canada 2011, CanSIA’s annual conference and exposition, which takes place Dec. 5-6 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. Conference attendees will be able to view the micro inverter, which is scheduled for release in 2012 and boasts high reliability and performance. “SMA is proud ...
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Solar power for the poor: facts and figures
Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. David J. Grimshaw and Sian Lewis shine a light on its progress, potential and pitfalls. Increasing access to energy is critical to ensuring socioeconomic development in the world's poorest countries. An estimated 1.5 billion people in developing countries have no access to electricity, with more than 80 per cent of these living in sub-Saharan ...
By SciDev.Net
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SMA Enhances Safety, Serviceability with New Disconnect Unit
SMA has announced the availability of its Disconnect Unit, which provides additional safety and increased serviceability to any large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system. SMA’s UL-Certified Disconnect Unit fully complies with NEC 2011 safety standards and is compatible with Sunny Central inverters in 600V to 1000V arrays. The Disconnect Unit provides maximum safety by disconnecting the direct ...
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Carmanah Installs $1.4 Million Solar Rooftop Photovoltaic System for Ontario Refrigeration Facility
Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) received a $1.4M CAD contract from a commercial refrigeration service provider in Southern Ontario and at present has designed, supplied and installed a nominal 250 kW solar rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system. The solar array occupies roughly 30,000 square feet of the facility’s rooftop, and generates approximately ...
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SMA Announces Availability of Extended Temperature Range Sunny Boy Inverters for Canadian Solar Market
SMA Canada has released a temperature-hardened version of its Sunny Boy, the world’s most popular solar inverter. Designed specifically for the Canadian PV market, the new Sunny Boy 5000-US, 6000-US, 7000-US and 8000-US are ideal for residential and commercial applications and feature an extended operating temperature range to -40 Celsius. “These new inverters include all of the ...
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AllEarth Renewables Completes the Largest Distributed Solar Tracker Farm in North America
AllEarth Renewables, Inc. has designed and installed the largest distributed solar tracker farm in North America. Located in South Burlington, Vt., the 2.2-megawatt PV system includes 382 AllSun Tracker Series 24 GPS-oriented, dual-axis trackers and 382 SMA Sunny Boy 6000-US inverters. The estimated 2.91 million annual kWh of power generated by the installation will be sold to Vermont’s ...
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Cheap Home Solar Panels to make a Significant Difference in Grid Power Consumption
The cheap home solar panels have helped millions of American family’s access electricity generated through solar radiation. The solar panel system has been in the research stages for a long time. The innovative designs and modular manufacturers along with less costly raw materials have made them available only recently. The solar panel system of today cost one tenth of their original ...
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