Solar system fires. Causes: wrong crimping tools, different brand connectors, insufficient wire management and install training. Improvements: solar tech has better standards for modules and inverter design and module-level power electronics provide module-level monitoring.
3 tips for marketing solar+storage are to focus on the peace of mind factor around energy resilience, personal safety and local disasters; be well prepared regarding the product and the prospect; and make your selling process very efficient with the right proposal tools.
5 business model interventions that can close the gap between res solar adoption and high and low-to-middle-income areas are financial incentives, LMI-targeted financial incentives, system leasing, property-assessed clean energy financing (PACE) and solarize campaigns.
The secret of Aussie storage success? The marriage of a creative business model that monetizes multiple value streams with innovative battery energy storage system controls. The controls in the system’s grid-forming inverter up the power of the batteries for the network.
The US Court of International Trade has removed the bifacial modules’ exemption from tariffs (they’ve been exempt since Jun ‘19), meaning they are back under tax status in the Section 201 tariff on imported solar panels. In 2021 all imported solar panels will have an 18% tax.
COVID’s lockdown has resulted in 2020 being the greenest year on record with greenhouse gas emissions down 9% compared to 2019. Achieving low stats without a pandemic would require investment from electrical utilities and profit-focused private investors and policy shifts.
Some key lithium-ion factoids: LFP isn’t the only or most powerful battery chemistry, particularly for larger applications; each of the 7 lithium-ion chemistries fits a different application; overall system design plus battery chemistry are what determine product safety.
A new home battery solution is available from sonnen. sonnenCore is compact, affordable and fully sonnen-designed and appeals to a broader, more cost-conscious base of homebuilders, installers and customers. Includes 4.8kW/10kWh max usable capacity.
US, European and global investors continue to heavily invest in green funds believing Biden’s win will boost renewables over traditional oil and gas biz. Net flows into energy funds that meet environmental, social and governance goals hit a record $1.79 billion in October.
Solar Builder’s 2020 Editor’s Choice Award winners include the use of SolarSkin for a 43 kW system, a landfill site converted to 4.9 MW solar plant, superstructure covers on 2 basketball courts at a school, and 48 individual 16-panel solar systems on carports for a housing dev.