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OMRON Selects Ampt DC Optimizers for Integrated Residential Solar Power Solution

Solar Power International — Ampt LLC, a global leader in power conversion technology, today announced their DC power optimizers have been selected by OMRON Corporation to be part of OMRON’s integrated power solution for residential solar. The OMRON solution combines their PV Smart Inverters with DC optimizers powered by Ampt to bring cost, performance, and […]

SolarCity Raises $305 Million in Latest Cash Equity Financing

SolarCity Corp. recently announced that it raised $305 million in its second cash equity transaction. A private investment fund affiliated with Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd. and advised by Soros Fund Management LLC provided the equity investment in a portfolio of residential, commercial and industrial solar projects. The transaction also included a fully amortizing, 18-year loan that […]

Maharashtra: Solar-driven agriculture to ensure 24×7 power to farmers

The state government’s project to facilitate uninterrupted electricity supply to farmers has begun with the first pilot project coming up in Sangamner taluka in district Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. The project involves shifting from thermal to solar power in the agriculture sector, the estimated expenditure for which is Rs 1,000 crore annually. The pilot project is expected […]

Edisun Microgrids Launches PV Booster™ Solar Tracker to Transform Economics of Commercial and Industrial Rooftops

Edisun Microgrids, Inc., a company created at Idealab, the technology incubator behind innovative solar companies, recently announced the launch of PV Booster™, the only dual-axis solar tracker strategically designed and built for the commercial and industrial rooftop sector. PV Booster’s transformative technology yields 20 percent better solar rooftop economics than conventional fixed-tilt installations. Profitable rooftop projects […]

Students design solar-powered robot to plough the fields

To reduce dependency on animals and manual labour to plough small farms, the final year mechanical engineering students of Don Bosco Engineering College, Margao, have designed a solar-powered robot to complete the task. Santosh Mishra, Dhirendra Singh, Sawant Krishnanath Sundar, Abhinav Parulekar and Akash Yadav have developed a prototype machine, which can be operated using a […]