By SPW | December 27, 2021 By Katie O’Leary, Director of Product Marketing at DroneDeploy With growing demand for clean energy across multiple sectors, an increasing number of consumers are transitioning to solar power for their homes. According to recent statistics, the U.S. alone has installed enough solar panels to power 21.8 million homes, and […]
Summit Ridge Energy’s 9.2-MW rooftop solar project that was installed by PowerFlex. Adding module-level power electronics (MLPE) to residential rooftop solar projects to comply with the latest rapid shutdown requirements may not typically add too much time or labor to installations. But that rooftop safety requirement isn’t just for residential homes — commercial rooftops require the […]
Low-power smart home devices using the open source connectivity protocol Matter next year are in line for a performance boost following Infineon Technologies’ launch of two new Bluetooth solutions. Infineon announced the launch of its new AIROC Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 system on a chip earlier this month as a solution to connecting low-power smart […]
Enphase Energy announced that it has started production shipments of IQ8 microinverters for customers in North America. IQ8 is Enphase’s smartest microinverter yet and fundamentally changes the paradigm for solar technology, which otherwise requires a grid connection to operate. With IQ8, homeowners can now form a microgrid during a power outage using sunlight, providing backup […]
Swiss solar technology company Meyer Burger has announced it will establish a solar panel manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona, with production scheduled to begin by the end of 2022. The facility will first have a capacity of 400 MW with the potential to scale to 1.5 GW. Meyer Burger also has a manufacturing facility in […]
Written on {{ “2021-12-27T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-12-27T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Casto Cañavate explains how the focus is changing from simple energy efficiency to strategies for a sustainable world through digitalisation and energy management using KNX. There has definitely been a positive change in people’s approach to being more energy […]
In use by major league football and on display at CES 2022. Sequans Communications S.A., a leading provider of cellular IoT chips and modules for massive and broadband IoT, announced that Green-GO Digital is using its Cassiopeia CB410L CBRS module to connect its new Beltpack Sports wireless intercom communications device. The Green-GO Beltpack Sports is […]
Berg Insight presents a unique database covering the 500 largest cellular IoT deployments identified as part of the company’s world-class IoT market research activities since 2004. The extensive list includes various types of projects and product categories deployed across all types of vertical markets including OEM automotive, aftermarket automotive, transport & logistics, utilities, infrastructure, buildings […]
Berg Insight estimates that the global installed base of active off-highway vehicle telematics systems reached 5.2 million units in 2020. This includes connected units deployed on various off-highway vehicles across the construction, mining, agriculture and forestry sectors. The construction sector accounts for the largest share, driven by OEM telematics systems offered by heavy equipment manufacturers. […]
Christopher Gersch Verde Solutions LLC, a full-service renewable energy development firm based in Chicago, is partnering with the Village of Minooka, Ill., for a solar array at the Minooka Wastewater Treatment Plant. This solar project will reduce the energy expenses for the village while saving more than 20,000 metric tons of carbon emissions over its […]