Solar PV Industry Offers Niche Opportunities for Sustainable Living Projects
January 13, 2016 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 4 minutes
Sunrun Inc., the largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, unveiled mySunrun, a powerful new tool for customers to interact with their home solar system. The mySunrun tool encompasses an enhanced customer website and new mobile phone app, which provide Sunrun customers with new ways to track production, socially share savings insights with friends and manage their customer accounts.
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced today the immediate international availability of its StorEdge™ solution. At the end of 2015, the company already completed a number of StorEdge™ installations in select locations around the world. Compatible with Tesla's home battery, the Powerwall, StorEdge™ is a DC coupled storage solution that allows home owners to reduce electric bills and gain energy independence. With StorEdge™, unused solar energy is stored in a battery and used when needed to maximize self-consumption and for power backup. StorEdge™ also supports Time-of-Use management, which promotes energy consumption when electric demand from the grid is low (off-peak rates) and lower consumption when demand is high (peak rates). The backup function allows homeowners to store solar energy and use it during electric outages.
First Solar, Inc. closed down very slightly at $65.22 on Tuesdaytrading over 2 Million shares. FSLR is a global provider of solar energy solutions. The Company designs, manufactures and sells photovoltaic solar modules, and also develops, designs, constructs and sells PV solar power solutions. The Company operates through two segments: components and systems. The Company's components segment involves the design, manufacture and sale of solar modules, which convert sunlight into electricity. The systems segment provides turn-key PV solar power systems or solar solutions for systems primarily using its solar modules. The Company also manufactures crystalline silicon solar modules and single-axis mounting systems with tracking capabilities.
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