This article covers the benefits of third-party commissioning for an EPC – the main one being including a dependable and experienced contractor when your company is looking to complete a project who can provide unbiased data and documentation. Often, this is a key ingredient for utilities, private customers and financiers and can help usher in warranty coverage and follow-on contracts.

New Use Energy Solutions has trotted out SunTarp, their new line of portable frameless panels for off-grid and resi applications. Efficiency is over 25% by Sunpower and comes in 3 versions: the TriFold SunTarp with 210 W output, the 320 W FourFold SunTarp, and the HexFold SunTarp with 410 W output. These offerings can be scaled into larger arrays.

In a surprising development, Manchin reports that he will support a budget reconciliation bill with $369 billion in energy security and climate spending over the next decade. It includes lowering carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.

BayWa r.e. and PVPallet have teamed up to unleash PVPallet’s reusable solar module shipping solution. The Series X offers a tool for installers to up their game around material transport and installation logistics – and make operations more sustainable. The pallet is reusable, recyclable and collapsible and is specifically designed for solar modules.

This third video in the 6-part series on why nonprofits and their installers go solar with CollectiveSun features Nicole Withrow of CollectiveSun and Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy talking about the scope and parameters for CollectiveSun’s work with nonprofits seeking to go solar. The video is below.

SolarEdge and CED Greentech joined forces to bring you an hour-long webinar about future-proofing home energy for your customers and business. It’s a live demo event that has them walking through the main components of SolarEdge’s energy storage offering (after a brief overview intro). The video is below.