Sunrun, a California-based solar company, today announced that it would be able to offer third party lease agreements to 90% of utility customers in Connecticut.
The US Energy Department and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are to develop a US$135 million test centre in Colorado for new utility-scale clean energy grid integration technologies.
Joining the 300W club, US based PV module manufacturer, Silevo has launched the industry’s first greater than 350 Watt-peak (Wp) solar module made with 72 of Silevo’s proprietary Triex 156mm solar cells.
In a paper presented at the IEEE PVSC (Photovoltaic Specialists Conference) being held this week, an NREL-supervised test showed that US-based start-up, Alta Devices modules lost little efficiency at elevated temperatures, unlike conventional modules.
Insurance specialist, PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services has created a web portal that is claimed to provide easy access for module buyers to verify the existence of extended warranty coverage of PowerGuard’s PV manufacturer customer base.
China's tier I crystalline-silicon PV module manufacturers are on course to cut production costs to 36c per watt by the end of 2017, according to a report from GTM Research published yesterday.
REC is expanding its regional sales footprint by opening its first sales operations in Dubai, UAE and is displaying at Intersolar Europe a bi-facial PV module concept said to be ideal for desert conditions.
