It’s the end of an era. After more than 75 interviews over six years, Solar Power World editor-in-chief Kelly Pickerel is passing the Contractor’s Corner podcast torch to managing editor Kelsey Misbrener. The SPW team started the interview series back in 2012, before podcasts were even recognized as a valuable media resource. While we have […]
Written on {{ “2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, announces a global distribution agreement with Hartland Controls, a Littelfuse company and supplier of components used in HVAC and other industrial applications. According to the […]
EDP Renewables’ distributed generation subsidiary completed a 1.2-MW solar + storage project that will serve an affordable housing development in Westchester County, New York. The project is sited on a rooftop and coupled with a 1-MW battery. It is the 14th community solar project EDPR developed in New York, and PowerMarket will provide customer acquisition […]
On Dec. 13, the California Public Utilities Commission issued its proposed decision on the successor to the state’s solar net-metering program. This proposal is not yet set in stone — it must be heard and voted upon by the commission, which will happen during the January 27, 2022, business meeting, at the earliest. The proposal […]
The company’s smart home products already use the Afero operating system which aims to streamline IoT device security Afero has raised $50 million in Series C funding for an end-to-end IoT security platform that works from the moment devices are manufactured up to installation by the end user. The round was led by cybersecurity, privacy […]
A donation from a regional foundation will result in 200 kW of solar installed in tribal communities in San Diego County and Bishop, California. The Sempra Foundation has donated more than $350,000 to GRID Alternatives‘ Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund, which will result in arrays installed at single-family homes and apartment buildings in four reservations. “Energy […]
California community choice aggregator MCE announced the 5-MW Lake Herman Solar Project — completed with prevailing wage and 52% local labor — is now operational, serving approximately 2,000 homes a year with 100% renewable power. The project, developed in partnership with San Francisco-based Renewable Properties and owned by Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, is the first […]
The Senate Finance Committee released its draft version of the Build Back Better Act on Dec. 11 and added domestic manufacturing incentives for inverters and trackers. SEIA has been working to get those technologies included in the bill. The inverter incentives in this version include: Central inverters (>1 MW capacity): 2.5¢/W Utility inverters (>170 kW, ≤1 […]
Written on {{ “2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Five Higher Technical Schools (Höhere Technische Lehranstalten, HTLs) in Carinthia and six in Tyrol received high-precision CO 2 sensors from Infineon Technologies Austria AG and MCI in Innsbruck. The teams of students will use them to build CO 2 alarm lights […]
smartbuildingmag.com 13 {{ “2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Rutronik News Less susceptible to interference: the XENSIVTM PAS CO2 sensor uses the principle of photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS), which enables a significant reduction in form factor and at the same time a […]