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Kinematics Passes Ultra-Stringent NEXTracker Reliability Testing for Slew Drives

August 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Kinematics announced today that Kinematics Manufacturing Incorporated (KMI) has become the first slew gear supplier to complete rigorous design verification testing in accordance with NEXTracker’s™ stringent component lifetime reliability requirements. This achievement demonstrates that KMI is providing the most bankable and lowest risk actuation components in the industry. “NEXTracker is the global leader in solar […]

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Now, harness the Sun’s power through an app

August 8, 2017 Anand Gupta

Thanks to the United States President Donald Trump, almost everyone, has heard about the Paris Accord — an agreement between nations to combat climate change — now. One step in this fight is greater focus on renewable energy such as solar and wind to meet the energy demand. While the United States plans to renegotiate […]

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Tigo Internationally Recognized As Only MLPE Vendor With Certified Rapid Shutdown Solution For PV Module Manufacturers

August 4, 2017 Anand Gupta

Tigo®, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced that its portfolio of Rapid Shutdown System (RSS) partners integrated with Tigo’s TS4 platform has grown to 14 international module manufacturers and are now listed with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). Tigo’s certified listing covers tier 1 partners – including […]

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Solare Datensysteme GmbH cooperates with Solarzentrum Stuttgart

July 26, 2017 Anand Gupta

Solar-Log™ is the leader when it comes to monitoring PV plants and error detection. In addition, Solar-Log™ can flexibly regulate the amount of energy fed into the power grid and intelligently control and prioritize the self-consumption of power. Solarzentrum Stuttgart is a leading company in examining PV modules for hidden damage – directly after delivery, […]

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Optimizing PV Plant Performance: Trackers with Highest Reliability and Lowest Cost of Ownership

July 21, 2017 Anand Gupta

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For solar developers and asset owners, trackers have become an increasingly crucial component of any utility-scale site; primarily for their ability to boost production by an average of 20% over fixed-tilt solutions. Because of this, over the past 11 years, the use of trackers in utility-scale PV applications has increased by 64%. This explosion of […]

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Reducing O&M Costs: Why Solar Trackers are Becoming a More Important Piece of the Puzzle

July 15, 2017 Anand Gupta

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The use of solar trackers at new utility-scale solar sites has grown to over 70% in the United States, making this once optional technology the “new normal” for ground-mount solar systems. And as previously discussed in our earlier blog entry on tracker reliability, this means tracker operations and maintenance (O&M) costs will inevitably become a […]

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Drone-based PV maintenance: Is thermographic inspection heating up?

July 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Drone investment has taken off over the last several years across a range of use cases. One use case is using drones to carry out thermographic analysis of solar PV plants. Thermographic imaging can pinpoint underperforming or malfunctioning equipment through analysis of temperature anomalies, with energy lost as heat indicating problem areas. The use of […]

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Ideal Power Signs Master Purchase Agreement with NEXTracker for Solar-Plus-Storage Products

July 12, 2017 Anand Gupta

Ideal Power Inc., (NASDAQ:IPWR), an innovative power conversion technology company, today announced that it has signed a master purchase agreement with NEXTracker, a Flex company and global leader in solar tracker technology. Ideal Power will supply NEXTracker with its 30 kilowatt (kW) SunDial storage-enabled multi-port photovoltaic (PV) string inverter, its 30 kW Stabiliti power conversion […]

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Rosendin Electric Announces New Service To Upgrade Existing Solar PV Systems Using Ampt String Optimizers

July 12, 2017 Anand Gupta

Rosendin Electric, Inc., a national employee-owned company and one of the largest electrical contractors in the U.S., and Ampt LLC, a global leader in power conversion technology, today announced the availability of a new offering to repower large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that are underperforming or that require inverter replacement. The solution uses Ampt String […]

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Array Technologies and Shoals Technologies Group Aim to Optimize Balance of System Solar Solutions

July 12, 2017 Anand Gupta

Array Technologies, the world’s leader in reliable solar tracking, and Shoals Technologies Group, the leading solar electrical balance of systems (BOS) provider, today announced plans to collaborate on structural and electrical Balance of System (BOS) solutions for utility-scale solar. This relationship will leverage the complementary nature of Array’s trackers and Shoals’ electrical BOS solutions. The […]

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