Block ip Trap

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15 Sep, 2024
Enabling More Equity-Focused Solar Energy Deployment in the U.S.

Households hardest hit by inflation and rising energy costs are often the ones that can’t get access to solar energy, and the savings that frequently come with it. Families that rent or live in multifamily housing cannot typically install rooftop...

Becca Jones-Albertus

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15 Sep, 2024
Finding New Life for PV Glass and Silicon

One of the biggest hurdles to panel recycling in the U.S. today is that solar glass and cells are not being separated and recovered for their value. Panel shredding is the most common process; at best, it recovers value for aluminum, silver, and...

Dwight Clark, CHMM

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15 Sep, 2024
Solar Inverter Training: Ensuring efficient troubleshooting and safe operation

Solar inverters are critical components for photovoltaic (PV) systems. They are responsible for converting direct current (DC) generated by solar modules into usable alternating current (AC) for homes and businesses. However, like any electronic...

Gwendoly Espe

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15 Sep, 2024
Onshoring Solar Production and Supply Chains

‘Reshoring’ became the buzz word in 2012, when companies began rethinking real manufacturing costs. The term was embraced by companies and government alike as they sought to reverse the offshoring trend from the 90’s that proved harmful,...

Kelly Speakes-Backman

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15 Sep, 2024
Powering the Future: How data center growth and offtake capacity drive renewable energy innovation

The first data center development was built in 1945, to house the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). The ENIAC was the first electronic digital programmable general-purpose computer; it occupied over 300 square feet of space, and...

Alessandra Millican and Ishan Bhattarai

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15 Sep, 2024
A Tale of Two Continents: Why the U.S. lags behind

When you think of a household appliance, what do you picture? A toaster oven? Clothes dryer? Power tool? We tend to associate “household appliance” with a gadget that doesn’t generate electricity, but requires it. Cords,...

Erika Ginsberg-Klemmt

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15 Sep, 2024
Data-Driven Design for Mounting and Racking Systems

Utility-scale solar mounting and racking system design is a delicate balancing act of building for site conditions while ensuring cost effectiveness for the client, maximum energy output for the end user, and healthy returns for investors. Given...

Walter Schachtschneider

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15 Sep, 2024
Your Comprehensive Guide to Solar Cable Requirements

No matter where you’ve seen them — buildings, agricultural facilities, open spaces, even floating on the surface of water — all photovoltaic systems use special solar cables to interconnect the individual modules with each other, as well as...

Michael Thomczyk

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15 Sep, 2024
Current AI Trends in PV Plant Monitoring

In 2022, U.S. electricity use was about 4,085 Terawatt-hours (TWhs). By 2035, that use is projected to reach 4,494 TWhs, and by 2050, 5,178 TWhs.  As efforts to reduce carbon emissions increase,...

Lucas Viani, Ph.D. and Brain Custodio, MSc.

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15 Sep, 2024
Preventing Corrosion on Renewable Energy Projects

Corrosion is an issue that needs to be evaluated on every renewable energy initiative — solar, energy storage, and substation; managing it has become a critical consideration in project engineering and implementation. For example, a key material...

Stas Gorbis