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2020
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BUYERS GUIDE
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VOLUME 14 ISSUE 4
20 Solar product: Antaira Technologies
JULY•AUGUST2020 Volume 14, Issue 4
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Hidden Heat
The costly impact of heat-related injuries Pg. 8
End of Life Options
Wind turbine blade recycling Pg. 38
Safeguarding Our Storage Pg. 48
Bankrolling Change Pg. 65
33 Solar spotlight Performance Monitoring
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Top story Solar energy
Solar & energy storage product spotlight: Inverters
Solar product spotlight: Rapid Shutdown Systems
Solar spotlight: Performance Monitoring
Solar spotlight:
Performance Monitoring Software
Wind power
Wind product spotlight: Lubricants & Greases
Service spotlight: Drones
Energy storage
2020 Energy Efficiency Buyers Guide Investing in clean energy
Events calendar & advertiser’s list
Hidden Heat 31 The costly impact of
47 Service spotlight Drones
54 Energy Storage product: OutBack Power Technologies, Inc.
46 Wind product spotlight Lubricants & Greases
heat-related injuries
10 How Silicon Carbide Enables Sustainable Solar
12 Solar Project Bottlenecks Starting to Ease
14 The Unknown Perils of Ballasted Solar Systems
16 How Does Solar Affect Birds? Deep learning system will monitor birds at solar facilities
21 Solar & energy storage product spotlight:
Inverters
32 Solar spotlight: 47 Performance Monitoring
35 Solar spotlight: 48 Performance Monitoring Software 50
36 A Fresh Approach to Wind Training
38 End of Life Options 52
Wind turbine blade recycling
40 How Tech is Driving Wind 55 Success Post-Pandemic
42 Is U.S. Offshore Wind Ready to 65 Take Europe’s Lead?
Service spotlight:
Drones
Safeguarding Our Storage
Everything You Need to Know About SGIP in 2020
How to Succeed in EPC Project Delivery
2020 Energy Efficiency Buyers Guide
Bankrolling Change
Pg. 16 Pg. 53
64 2020 Energy Efficiency Buyers Guide
Solar product spotlight:
Rapid Shutdown Systems
41 How Tech is Driving Wind Success Post-Pandemic
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