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NC upholstry company installs five solar projects to uphold environmental consciousness

Vanguard Furniture recently partnered with Pisgah Energy and Eagle Solar & Light to design, develop and install five roof-mounted solar projects on its Product Development and Classic Leather facilities in Conover, North Carolina. These systems, totaling 478 kW, serve as on-site electrical generation for Vanguard Furniture, powering the production of their environmentally-conscious furnishings with renewable energy. Andy Bray, President […]

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IoT News | Quectel Adds Polte’s Massive IoT Location Technology to LPWA Module Portfolio

The incorporation of Polte’s Massive IoT location technology to Quectel’s LPWA module portfolio will enable developers to achieve more secure, accurate, globally available location intelligence for asset tracking across industries. Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of IoT modules and antennas, has announced support for Polte, innovator of Cloud Location over Cellular (C-LoC) technology, to […]

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Illinois can expect solar boom as Adjustable Block Program reopens

Following the recent passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) in September of 2021, the DG+Design team has released a new Illinois Solar Market Report detailing expectations for massive growth for the state’s clean energy sector. Despite a tough year marred by global supply chain issues and uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

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IoT News | Quectel sets out highlights of CES 2022 program

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of IoT modules and antennas, has announced a packed additional program of activities at CES 2022. The company is bringing its highly successful IoT Masterclass technical event series to CES 2022. In a first for Masterclass series, the CES session will feature a live Directors’ IoT event that will […]

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Shell acquires U.S. solar developer with 18-GW pipeline

Shell New Energies US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has signed an agreement to buy 100% of Savion, a large utility-scale solar and energy storage developer in the United States, from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group. Savion currently has more than 18 GW of solar and energy storage under development. “Savion’s significant asset pipeline, highly […]

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Contractor’s Corner: Best of 2015-2021

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 […]

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Mouser Electronics and Hartland Controls Announce Global Distribution Agreement

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 […]

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EDP Renewables develops 1.2-MW community solar + storage project in New York

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 […]

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