solar photovoltaic system News
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Affordability of Solar Photovoltaic Systems Accelerate their Uptake, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Solar photovoltaic (PV) will hold its spot as the fastest growing technology in the U.S. energy industry for the next four years. The prices of solar modules have been in a free fall since 2008, accelerating PV systems' commercialization, while encouraging the development of new financing models for the residential sector. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Analysis of the U.S. Residential ...
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Duke Energy to Install Microgrid at Camp Lejeune
Duke Energy has been awarded a $22 million utility energy service contract by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for the design and construction of a microgrid at the military base. The innovative microgrid solution includes upgraded electrical infrastructure, 5 megawatts of on-site natural gas-fired generation, a 5.4-MW battery energy storage system, integration of an existing solar photovoltaic ...
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Department of Energy Certifies Borrego Solar as a Pre-Qualified Energy Service Company
Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it has been certified by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program as a pre-qualified Energy Service Company (ESCO), allowing the company to perform energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) directly with all federal agencies. ...
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DC-PV mounted 1020 Solar modules on Frimarc company warehouses
FRIMARC has chosen DC-PV for the implementation of photovoltaic solar energy systems for self-consumption in three of their cold stores in the Algarve and Alentejo. These systems will allow them to considerably reduce the company’s energy bill and make it more efficient. A total of 1020 photovoltaic modules of 315Wp were installed in warehouses in Estoi, Olhão and Évora, an ...
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University of Waterloo Researchers Develop a Better Way to Harness the Power of Solar Panels
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a way to better harness the volume of energy collected by solar panels. In a new study, the researchers developed an algorithm that increases the efficiency of the solar photovoltaic (PV) system and reduces the volume of power currently being wasted due to a lack of effective controls.“We’ve developed an algorithm to further boost the power ...
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Solar PV and Energy Storage to Propel the European Direct Current Power Market to 40 million by 2025
Frost & Sullivan’s latest analysis, European DC Power Distribution Market, Forecast to 2025, finds the market is expected to reach $40.1 million in 2025 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31.2% over the forecast period 2017-2025, driven by the increasing integration of solar photovoltaic system (PV) and energy storage in residential and commercial buildings. Despite combined ...
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Borrego Solar Creates Its Largest Single Fund For Solar Energy Projects
Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it closed a new $64.4 million fund to finance solar energy projects for corporate, education and municipal customers. Both Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank and Washington, DC-based National Cooperative Bank (NCB) invested in the new fund, which is Borrego ...
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IEA to present new report Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013
Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013 IEA Input to the Clean Energy Ministerial 9-10:30 a.m. local time, Wednesday, 17 April, 2013 Taj Palace Hotel New Delhi, India The 22 countries that participate in the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) share a strong interest in the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. As these same countries represent more than 75% of global energy ...
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NREL Reports Examine Economic Trade-offs of Owning versus Leasing a Solar Photovoltaic System
Two new reports from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential solar energy systems. NREL analysts found that businesses that use low-cost financing to purchase a photovoltaic (PV) system and homeowners who use solar-specific loans can save up to 30 percent compared with ...
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New Berkeley lab report shows that the installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the U.S. fell in 2008
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent. The number of solar PV systems in ...
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New Berkeley Lab Report shows that the installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the US fell in 2008
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent. The number of solar PV systems in ...
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Kyocera Modules Power Largest Solar Electric System in Orange County, Calif.
1.15 megawatt installation in Irvine consists of 5,472 Kyocera solar modules on three parking deck roofs SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that 5,472 of its KD210 high-efficiency polycrystalline solar panels were recently installed atop existing shade structures on three parking deck roofs of an Irvine, California-based financial institution campus. The 1.15-megawatt ...
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Siemens to Implement U.S. Army`s Largest Solar Photovoltaic System at White Sands Missile Range
Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center has awarded a $16.8 million task order to implement energy-conserving upgrades, including a 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating system—the largest to date for the U.S. Army—at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The solar PV system is the primary component of the ...
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Siemens to implement US army`s largest solar photovoltaic system at white sands missile range
Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center has awarded a $16.8 million task order to implement energy-conserving upgrades, including a 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating system—the largest to date for the U.S. Army—at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The solar PV system is the primary component of the ...
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New Eaton Molded Case Circuit Breakers and Switches Provide Compact, Cost-Effective Circuit Protection for Solar Power Systems
Power management company Eaton is expanding its line of PVGard™ circuit protection solutions to help customers reduce space and costs while enhancing the safety and reliability of solar photovoltaic systems. The new PVGard molded case circuit breaker and switch are the first in the industry rated to 600 volts (V) direct current (DC) per pole for photovoltaic system applications. The ...
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Borrego Solar Acquires Solar Projects in California Totaling More than 8 Megawatts
Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it has acquired a diverse portfolio of solar projects totaling more than 8 megawatts (MW) located throughout five areas within California. The portfolio includes two utility projects totaling 3 MW under Southern California Edison (SCE)'s California ...
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mPrest and Vector to Bring Internet of Energy to Over a Million New Zealand Customers
mPrest, a provider of mission-critical Internet of Energy' software, announced that its Distributed Energy Resource Management product - mDERMS, will be deployed in Vector's intelligent grid. Vector is New Zealand's leading multi-network infrastructure company, which distributes energy and communication services to over 1.2 million homes and businesses. mDERMS will enable Vector to improve ...
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Solar industry adds a new exhibition in its calendar
We are glad to inform you about our new b2b event SEE Solar – South-East European Solar Exhibition. The excellent solar irradiation indicators on the Balkans and the interest of leading companies provoke us to organize it. The event will be held parallel to the 8-th edition of the annual SE European Exhibition on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy - 64% of its area in ...
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College Students Lead the U.S. towards a Greener Future
(Washington, D.C.) Students from Western Washington University drove from Washington State to Washington, D.C., in a car entirely powered by biodiesel fuel made from recovered landfill methane. Northwestern students built a solar powered system that provides electricity to a rural town in Panama, miles away from any electric power grid. The University of Virginia team designed and built a ...
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Middletown Recreation Center Choose Microgrid, Fully Engineered by Clarke Energy
Middletown Recreation Center with funding partner X-Caliber Rural Funding have selected Clarke Energy USA Inc, a KOHLER Company to provide a microgrid system solution developed by Clarke Energy for the newly upgraded recreation center in Connecticut Facility will integrate a 35kW combined heat and power (CHP) unit, a battery energy storage system, solar photovoltaic system, and a KOHLER ...
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