1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (649+ words) UL has released design standards for balcony solar, also known as plug-in pv, along with whitepaper highlighting three main risk categories of balcony solar in the US consumer market. UL has released a white paper, "Interactions of Plug-In PV (PIPV)…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (293+ words) Soaring utility costs and rising power demand are recalibrating the financial outlook for the United States non-residential solar market. Image: Stephen Yang / The Solutions Project, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Rising retail electricity rates are'emerging'as the primary catalyst for commercial…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) Responding to increased state-level interest in plug-in solar, a nonprofit group has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers navigate the path to allowing households to use the systems. The Clean Energy States Alliance, in response to "increased legislative…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (211+ words) Carrier, a U.S.-based heating solutions provider, has introduced a new heat pump system featuring a cooling seasonal energy efficiency rating (SEER2) of up to 29.7 and a heating seasonal performance factor (HSPF2) of up to 12.2. The Opti-V heat pump system. Carrier'has launched a…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (846+ words) Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar system. In Part 2 of our series, we look at solar inverters. In the first part of this series, pv magazine'reviewed'the productive lifespan of solar panels, which are quite resilient. In…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (856+ words) Several factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of a series, we look at the solar panels themselves. Scientists examine modules at NREL's performance testing site in Golden, Colorado. Residential solar panels are…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) The heating specialist said its new variable-speed water'to'water system has a coefficient of performance of 3.2 at full load and 3.8 at part load. Illinois-based heat pump manufacturer Enertech has announced a new geothermal heat pump for residential applications. The variable-speed water'to'water…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (254+ words) The U.S. heating specialist said its new heat pump system can operate "reliably" at -22 F and achieve 100% heating capacity at 1.4 F, with full cooling capacity being achievable at 122 F. Carrier's Infinity variable-speed cold climate heat pump Carrier, a U.S.-based heating solutions provider,…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (654+ words) A new report from ICF suggests that the U.S. can meet its growing electricity demands with an all-of-the-above energy approach while boosting generation using existing infrastructure. Keeping electricity both reliable and affordable while meeting load demand A new report from ICF…...