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BP Closes Solar Business
BP, notorious for the worst oil spill in US history, is closing its solar business because it’s not profitable. Tata BP Solar India Ltd will continue, however, where BP has a 51% stake in the third largest solar manufacturer, Tata Power. BP also says its other renewable energy divisions, in wind and biofuels, will remain unchanged. The company will sell its stakes in [...]
BP Solar, RGE Hook Up In Supply Deal
BP Solar has signed a supply deal with Germany’s RGE Energy that will see it deliver 66 megawatts (MW) worth of solar modules – including 46MW for a single installation in Koethen, Germany, which will be one of the largest in the world.Solar-energy developer RGE is waiting to get its final approval from the Germany [...]
Wal-Mart expanding solar energy use in California
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is expanding its solar power program in California,with plans to put solar panels on 10 to 20 additional facilities withinthe next 18 months. The world’s largest retailer is partneringwith BP Solar on the expansion, which builds upon 18 solar arrays thathave already been installed on Wal-Mart facilities in the state. Thesolar installations [...]
BP Solar and SolarEdge Partner to Develop Power Harvesting System
Solar energy giant BP Solar from Maryland, USA, and SolarEdge fromIsrael today announced a joint agreement to commercialize a powerharvesting PV system embedded directly into BP Solar products. To achieve optimal energy yields while reducing installation andmaintenance challenges and costs, BP Solar will integrate SolarEdge’saelectronics directly into their modules. The combined technologies are currently undergoing [...]
Software Makes PV Smart
Until recently, most photovoltaic systems ran blind.Maybe you’d know how much power was being produced by the total systemat the central inverter. But you didn’t have a lot of good diagnosticinfo to go on. If one of the panels or strings failed or was startingto fail, it was both guess work and trial and error [...]