Tag Archives: installed
6.4 GW Of PV Installed In 2009
The global solar photovoltaic market recorded approximately 6.4 GW of installed capacity in 2009 to reach a totalcapacity of over 20 GW, according to a new report from the EuropeanPhotovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). This year, globalcumulative installed PV capacity is expected to grow by at least 40%,while annual growth is expected to increase by more [...]
Solar Thermal Water Heating System Installed in Idaho Restaurant
Solar Panels Plus,a Virginia-based solar energy product designer, manufacturer anddistributor, recently announced the installation of a high performancesolar thermal water heating system in a restaurant in Idaho. According to the company press release, this is the first restaurant in all of Southeastern Idaho to install a solar water heating system. Using evacuated tube (ET) technology, [...]
PV Powered Inverters Installed In Two Warehouse PV Projects
PV Powered Inc. says its commercial inverters have been installedin both the Corona, Calif., and Peachtree City, Ga., warehouses of theAircraft Spruce and Specialty Co., a supplier of private aircraft partsand pilot supplies. The installations were handled by AlisoElectric Inc. of Laguna Hills, Calif. Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Co.estimates that 65% of its power needs [...]
How Can Solar Get to $1/Watt Installed?
Since you are reading this, I am going to guess that you arepro-photovoltaic. Like me, you are probably hoping for — perhaps evenworking towards — making photovoltaics a ubiquitous, low-cost sourceof clean, reliable, renewable energy. But how do we get there fromhere? Can today’s technologies get the job done or do we still need a"revolutionary" [...]
Enphase Microinverters Installed At Calif. Solar Project
Enphase Energy and Premier Power Renewable Energy Inc., a provider of solar power systems, have completeda 123 kW ground-mounted solar power system for the Truckee SanitaryDistrict, a wastewater utility in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Accordingto Mark Santos, senior renewable energy specialist at Premier Power,Enphase microinverters were selected in order to provide increasedsystem reliability under harsh [...]
Solar panels + grid alternatives = fun
I had a great weekend volunteering for GRID Alternatives to install solar panels for a low income family in Lynwood, CA. For those of you who don’t know GRID Alternatives,they’re a non-profit who’s on a mission to empower communities in needby providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipmentand training. Since 2001, GRID Alternativeshas been [...]
Sun-free solar power surpasses conventional solar output
Installing rooftop solar panels to make a single homego off-grid is easy. However, using the same technique in skyscrapersisn’t feasible because the roof area available for PV panels isn’t muchto power the entire building underneath. New Energy Technologieshas come up with a solution – allow solar panels to harvest artificiallight which is in abundance in [...]
Double the share, double the fun (ENER)
With one swift 200.5KW non-profit installation reservation in Union City, CA on 8/31/2009 (is this the "recently awarded large rooftop project for a California college, funded in part by government incentives" mentioned by Mr. Morelli on the Aug 27th earnings call?), Unisolar effectively doubled its market share in California to 0.2%(yes, zero point two percent), [...]