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Coupling Options For Off-Grid Solar Arrays

Substantial improvements to off-grid photovoltaic technology during the past decade have led to more choices in off-grid PV system design. ...Read More »

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A Sunny PRO Success: Ion Solar

Visit Ion Solar LLC and your attention is instantly drawn to the welcoming atmosphere of the office, where a fusion ...Read More »

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SMA Charges Up the Austin City Limits Crowd

The 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup included some serious heavy hitters — Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, ...Read More »

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Tokelau – the First Country with 100 % Solar Energy

Tokelau is one of the world’s most remote countries – and the first to generate its energy supply using only ...Read More »

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What Is a Photovoltaic Diesel Hybrid System?

In many regions of the world, power grids are either inadequate or nonexistent. As a result, industrial consumers often ensure ...Read More »

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Video Update: Dream of First Solar-Powered High School in Africa becomes a...

In a previous blog post, we introduced Sioma High School, located in Western Zambia, Africa. The school, which houses more ...Read More »

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Solar Spotlight: Ted Turner’s Hunting and Fishing Lodge Goes Off-Grid

Costilla Lodge, a 578,000 acre hunting and fishing resort owned by media mogul and multi-billionaire Ted Turner, recently commissioned at ...Read More »

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Tech Tip: SMA Sunny Island Smartformer

The Smartformer for Sunny Island is a 120 V/240 V autoformer that’s ideally configured for AC-coupled systems using a Sunny ...Read More »

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How does the SMA Fuel Save Solution work?

The SMA Fuel Save Solution combines diesel and photovoltaics into a hybrid system, minimizing CO2 emissions and high fuel costs. ...Read More »

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Solar spotlight: PV in paradise

The British Virgin Islands, known for beautiful beaches and miles of serene coastline, are ideal for rest and relaxation. For ...Read More »

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SMA Solar Projects at a Glance

Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Japan – there are PV systems all over the world using SMA inverters. If you are interested ...Read More »

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Sunny Boy parameter change eases grid tied battery backup process

Good news to off-grid installers: SMA is happy to announce that starting this month, all approved Sunny Boy inverters will ...Read More »

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Tech Tip: Proper Communication for Sunny Island and Sunny Boy Systems

Sunny Island systems, especially in grid-tied battery-backup configurations, can do amazing things as standalone micro-grids. But they all depend on ...Read More »

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Keep it in the bank: Solar shines where the power’s pricey

The Cayman Islands come with a catch-22: some of the world’s most idyllic beaches and an outdated, unstable electrical grid ...Read More »

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Supercross legend Jeremy McGrath goes full-throttle at Thing Valley Ranch

In the early 1990s, Jeremy McGrath took the dirt bike world by storm, riding his way to becoming the “King ...Read More »

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Tech Tip: Sunny Island Dig-In

The Sunny Island’s Digital Input feature allows for seamless transition between grid and generator operation during grid failures. Follow along ...Read More »

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Solar-hydrogen house to become a consumer reality

In 2006, Mike Strizki converted his Hopewell, New Jersey home to run exclusively on solar and hydrogen power. As the ...Read More »

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Tech Tip: Sunny Island firmware update

Performing firmware updates on systems with single or multiple Sunny Islands is a simple process as shown by the Solar ...Read More »

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Tech Tip: Sunny Island Battery Commissioning

Commissioning a new lithium-ion battery within a Sunny Island system takes only minutes. In this Tech Tip video, the SMA ...Read More »

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Solar Spotlight: False Bay School Goes Solar With the Best in Class

Diesel generators that ran for 12 hours a day powered the school located on Lasqueti Island in British Columbia, Canada, ...Read More »

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