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Solar Spotlight: Award-Winning PV System Revs Up Illinois Parking Garage

When the Village of Oak Park, Ill., commissioned a PV system for the Avenue Parking Garage, it didn’t intentionally set...
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Teacher becomes the Student…and then the Teacher Again at SEI Hands-On Lab

While you typically find Greg Smith, senior technical trainer for the SMA Solar Academy, behind the podium or in the...
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Q at Night – Reactive power outside of feed-in operation

The electrical grid has a fundamental need for reactive power and, in some cases, the requirement to avoid instabilities via...
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Historic Vermont Barn Gains 18kW Solar Array with Secure Power Supply

When BuildingGreen Inc. founder Alex Wilson started to re-build his home and barn in West Dummerston, Vt., he knew that...
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The Five Hottest Solar Gadgets

It’s amazing what solar energy can move, illuminate and operate. It lengthens the day after the sun goes down, provides...
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Redefining Bankability in Utility-Scale PV

Over the last two years solar equipment prices have plummeted by as much as 70 percent, making utility-scale PV plants...
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Video Update: Dream of First Solar-Powered High School in Africa becomes a Reality

In a previous blog post, we introduced Sioma High School, located in Western Zambia, Africa. The school, which houses more...
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Five Steps to a Photovoltaic Diesel Hybrid System

Energy-intensive operations in areas with non-existent or poor infrastructure often rely on gensets (diesel generator sets) for their electricity supply....
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Solar Spotlight: S.L. Horsford Passes on the Savings from Solar-Generated Power

S.L. Horsford and Co. Ltd., based in Basseterre, St. Kitts – an island in the Caribbean West Indies — is...
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5 Remarkable Uses of Solar

Solar has become the new norm and can be seen on rooftops and in large-scale commercial projects all over the...
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