April 10, 2017 Kelly Pickerel Solar Power World You’re a solar installer, not “the IT guy,” so why spend time dealing with connectivity issues, rebooting customers’ Wi-Fi networks? While real-time monitoring is an essential feature of today’s PV systems, communication between system monitoring devices and the customer’s router is often overlooked. Understanding the options for […]
APsystems, the global leader in advanced microinverter technology for the solar PV industry, today announced its commitment to Extend the Day, a charity organization which gives solar reading lights to school children in disadvantaged countries with no access to electricity. APsystems will donate $1 to the nonprofit for every microinverter purchased up to the amount […]
Today’s solar customers have an almost bewildering array of choices (and acronyms) for linking the gateway to their router: Wi-Fi, EoP, TDMA, even old-school CAT-5 and CAT-6. Which technology is right for your next installation? Find out through a new APsystems webinar, “Critical Connectivity: addressing site communication in a wireless (and sometimes wired) world,” to […]
The APsystems technical support team will offer installer training and panel expertise at NABCEP Continuing Education 2017, March 21-23 in Dallas. Seminars include: Microinverters in the Residential Environment – APsystems YC500 Dual Module Solution: Examine the advantage of microinverters in a single-phase residential application. Learn techniques of system designing for communication to minimize return site visits […]
Solar Builder Magazine’s special Inverter Issue is out now, and APsystems is featured throughout. Always follow best practices to head off gateway communication issues, says Christopher Barrett, APsystems Director of Technical Services, in the “Ask An Expert” feature compiled by Solar Builder editors. Even in a “wireless” world, hard-wired CAT-5 connections can be the best […]
Congratulations to Lighthouse Solar of Austin, Texas, and Bombard Renewable Energy of Las Vegas, Nevada, winners of APsystems Project of the Year Awards. Lighthouse Solar is honored in the Residential category for their efforts in making PV systems a more standard feature in planned solar communities in the San Antonio area. Bombard Renewable Energy is […]
When the state of Nevada established a pilot program to bring solar power to marginalized communities, Bombard Renewable Energy delivered. The Las Vegas based Solar PV contractor completed a string of projects for prominent area nonprofit agencies, putting the power of solar to work for citizens and agencies not often served by renewable PV resources. […]
It’s not unusual these days for homebuilders to offer solar as a “buyer option,” a splashy add-on that the purchaser may or may not decide is worth the extra cost. Yet others across the industry see a renewable energy system on a new home as simply one more element of design, as intrinsic as windows […]
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art near Seattle has earned the vaunted LEED Gold environmental certification, making it the first new art museum in Washington state to achieve the Gold rating. The certification is thanks to a newly expanded solar array using APsystems YC500 dual-module microinverters. This past fall the museum nearly doubled its array to […]
APsystems brings its advanced microinverter line to Solar Power Northeast, Feb. 13-14 in Boston. Featured at booth 408 will be the powerful YC500i with EnergyMax™, designed for today’s high-output PV modules, the YC1000 true 3-phase, 4-module unit, and the ArrayApp mobile installer tool. Installers are invited to see these and other products firsthand, find out […]
