Category: Solar Sales and Services

FRANKLIN, NJ — Solar panels caught fire on top of a business in Franklin Township prompting a large response from emergency responders on Wednesday. On July 10 at 5:08 p.m., the Franklin Township Police Department and firefighters went to a Cozzoli Machine Company on School House Road near Randolph Road after multiple calls reported black smoke coming from the roof of the manufacturing facility. Police and firefighters arrived to see heavy smoke and find the solar panels on the roof of the structure on fire spreading rapidly, said Millstone Valley…

Scientists in the United States have fabricated an all-perovskite tandem solar cell that reportedly shows reduced interfacial energy loss in the cell’s top device. It was built with a hole transport layer based on a compound known as P3CT that was doped with lead iodide. July 11, 2024 Emiliano Bellini From pv magazine Global A group of researchers led by the University of Toledo in the United States have fabricated an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with a wide-band-gap top cell based on tin-lead (Pb-Sn) perovskite and a low-band-gap bottom cell relying on…

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Recommended Videos People who want to install solar panels on their roofs have to consider a lot: sunlight, cost, and coordinating with contractors and utilities. Tens of millions of people across the country also have to think about their homeowners association. In Michigan, anew law aims to remove that barrier by telling those associations they have to allow rooftop solar. The Homeowners’ Energy Policy Act was signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…

CHICAGO, July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The consumer watchdog Citizens Utility Board (CUB) is working with five Chicagoland counties, renewable energy advocates and solar professionals to offer a program that can help homeowners install solar panels at a significant discount and reduce their electric bills by hundreds of dollars, CUB announced Thursday.  The Solar Switch program is a partnership among Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will Counties, along with the nonprofits CUB and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). The program is managed by iChoosr, a company that administers similar solar…

Ultimately, the site will deploy around 300,000 solar modules, though Avangrid did not disclose a technology or a module supplier. The project area has been annexed by the nearby town of Miller City, the company said, which will allow it to benefit from project revenues. Mayor of Miller City, Jim Erford, said: “With Powell Creek, we are projected to expand our tax base by ten times and grow our town for the first time in many years. We are thrilled to bring new development, new families, and a new energy…

Renewable energy is a key part of reducing the human impact on the climate, but extreme weather, some of which is increasingly severe in a changing climate, threatens the nascent energy transition. Storm-related equipment damage and business disruption present major threats to energy conversion and reaching consensus sustainability goals. For example, a 3,300-acre solar farm that serves more than 60,000 homes was caught in a March hailstorm that seriously damaged thousands of its photovoltaic (PV) panels. There was another hailstorm in 2019 in West Texas that cost insurers an estimated…

Representational image. Credit: Canva In response to the increasing digitalization of the energy sector, SolarPower Europe has released a comprehensive position paper on cybersecurity, accompanied by an official statement from Deputy CEO Dries Acke. The organization emphasizes the critical need to enhance cybersecurity measures as Europe transitions to a digital, electrified energy system. Dries Acke, Deputy CEO of SolarPower Europe, stated: “The digitalization of the energy sector is a no-brainer. It increases power plant efficiency and allows for better management of distributed energy to match demand and grid capacity. A…

In 2024, the WiseGuy Reports latest published research report on “Truck Solar Panels market growth is growing steadily with exponential rate and a rising adoption of strategies by top industry players, over the projected horizon 2024 to 2032”. The high adoption of advanced technology and the presence of large players in this region are likely to create ample growth opportunities for the Truck Solar Panels market. Technological innovation and advancement will also optimize the product’s performance, making it more widely used in downstream applications. Moreover, Consumer behaviour analysis and market…