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Pressures to Point Loads:  How Solar Impacts Rooftop Wind Dynamics
May 15, 2025
Pressures to Point Loads: How Solar Impacts Rooftop Wind Dynamics

Building codes and minimum building standards such as ASCE 7, Eurocode, and the National Building Code of Canada, are used to calculate the maximum forces a building may encounter. These forces result from wind, snow and seismic activity. For wind up....

Mark Gies

Hail Formation in Severe Convective Storms
May 15, 2025
Hail Formation in Severe Convective Storms

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that in 2024 alone, the United States experienced 27 weather- and climate-related billion-dollar disaster events, with losses totaling $182.7 billion. Severe convective storms — a....

Denis Weaver

The Rise of Robo-Labor:  How robotics are solving the labor crisis in solar energy
May 15, 2025
The Rise of Robo-Labor: How robotics are solving the labor crisis in solar energy

As the world transitions to clean energy, one of the biggest challenges facing the solar industry isn’t technology or financing — It’s labor. The demand for skilled workers to install and maintain solar infrastructure far exceeds supply, threat....

Leo Ma

Thin-Film Solar PV Conquers Outer Space
May 15, 2025
Thin-Film Solar PV Conquers Outer Space

Extreme weather conditions understandably give pause to many people considering solar photovoltaic (PV) installations across areas and climates of all kinds. But there’s one place with more punishing conditions than you’ll find anywhere else: Out....

Paul Warley

Leveraging GPS to Overcome Challenges in Solar Site Construction
May 15, 2025
Leveraging GPS to Overcome Challenges in Solar Site Construction

Difficult terrain presents significant obstacles to maintaining productivity on solar construction sites. Solar farms are rarely built on perfectly level ground; to control costs, many projects aim to minimize site preparation. This creates real chal....

Kipp Ulferts

Against the Wind
May 15, 2025
Against the Wind

Single axis trackers used for PV solar farms must be reliable in the wind. This becomes more of a challenge if the tracker must also be low cost, involving capex, EPC, and opex (O&M). Wind failures are costly, and thus the comprehensive solution ....

Robert Dally

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Pressures to Point Loads:  How Solar Impacts Rooftop Wind Dynamics
May 15, 2025
Pressures to Point Loads: How Solar Impacts Rooftop Wind Dynamics

Building codes and minimum building standards such as ASCE 7, Eurocode, and the National Building Code of Canada, are used to calculate the maximum forces a building may encounter. These forces result from wind, snow and seismic activity. For wind up....

Mark Gies

Hail Formation in Severe Convective Storms
May 15, 2025
Hail Formation in Severe Convective Storms

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that in 2024 alone, the United States experienced 27 weather- and climate-related billion-dollar disaster events, with losses totaling $182.7 billion. Severe convective storms — a....

Denis Weaver

The Rise of Robo-Labor:  How robotics are solving the labor crisis in solar energy
May 15, 2025
The Rise of Robo-Labor: How robotics are solving the labor crisis in solar energy

As the world transitions to clean energy, one of the biggest challenges facing the solar industry isn’t technology or financing — It’s labor. The demand for skilled workers to install and maintain solar infrastructure far exceeds supply, threat....

Leo Ma

Thin-Film Solar PV Conquers Outer Space
May 15, 2025
Thin-Film Solar PV Conquers Outer Space

Extreme weather conditions understandably give pause to many people considering solar photovoltaic (PV) installations across areas and climates of all kinds. But there’s one place with more punishing conditions than you’ll find anywhere else: Out....

Paul Warley

Leveraging GPS to Overcome Challenges in Solar Site Construction
May 15, 2025
Leveraging GPS to Overcome Challenges in Solar Site Construction

Difficult terrain presents significant obstacles to maintaining productivity on solar construction sites. Solar farms are rarely built on perfectly level ground; to control costs, many projects aim to minimize site preparation. This creates real chal....

Kipp Ulferts