McCarthy is testing heat monitoring technology on utility-scale solar workers

Solar installer McCarthy Building Companies is testing Kenzen wearable heat monitoring technology on multiple construction projects. Kenzen’s smart PPE devices monitor the heat status of workers in hot and humid conditions, helping predict…

Advocates push for large-scale transmission upgrades to accommodate more solar power

SEIA submitted comments this week in response to a July Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on transmission reforms and new interconnection rules. The ANOPR presents an…

Alencon patents DC optimizer for storage systems

Alencon Systems announced its award of U.S. patent 11,146,079, which addresses the novelty of the company’s Bi-Directional Optimizer for Storage Systems (BOSS). This patent award is Alencon’s seventh granted U.S. patent. The patent specifically…

Large rooftop solar array now powers Connecticut low-income apartments

Credit: Laura Scyocurka The Connecticut Green Bank announces the installation of a 39.6-kW solar photovoltaic system at Park Hill, a housing complex owned by the East Windsor Housing Authority. The low-income property is comprised of 84 garden…

Solar projects planned to support Rhode Island public housing

New England sustainable energy developers Nautilus Solar Energy and Veolia North America (VNA) are joining forces on a project that will provide energy savings to area housing authorities and bring electricity to thousands of low-income residents…

Achieving energy equity within hurricane zones through solar + storage

By Christopher Johnson, CEO of Blue Planet Energy Hurricanes are notorious for disastrous aftermaths. While extreme wind- and water-damaged properties are the images most portrayed, damage to infrastructure resources like electricity and…

PVEL now performing hail testing for solar modules

Hail strikes a solar module during PVEL’s hail stress sequence, which is now a required test in PVEL’s PV Module Product Qualification Program (PQP). PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the downstream solar and energy…

DNV lab in New York now approved to test batteries to UL requirements

The Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Test and Commercialization Center, owned by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and managed by DNV, recently expanded its testing capabilities to include…

547-kW solar array installed on Goodwill training center in Virginia

RER Energy Group developed a rooftop solar array on the Roanoke Jobs Campus building in Roanoke, Virginia for Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. The new rooftop solar array is one of several solar projects that RER Energy Group has developed…

Construction begins on 44-MW portfolio of Maine community solar projects

ReVision Energy has begun construction in Maine on the first of 13 projects that were acquired by Summit Ridge Energy (SRE). The community solar portfolio will total 44 MW and operate under the Maine Net Energy Billing program. “We’re…