Rooftop & Residential
Solar rental income bolsters Israel's border farms after October 7
Three years after October 7, communities along Israel's Gaza border and in the north are still rebuilding. Solar power has become part of that effort, with rental income from rooftop systems complemen...
MANNA FoodBank 514-kW rooftop solar cuts costs, protects food funding
MANNA FoodBank has completed a 514-kW rooftop solar installation at its Mills River facility in Western North Carolina, a project aimed at cutting energy costs and protecting funding for the organizat...
Soprema adds rainwater retention systems to energy roof range
Soprema, the French waterproofing specialist, has extended its energy roof range with two rainwater retention systems. The new Cube and Aquares elements combine photovoltaic generation, greenery, fall...
Europe's distributed PV: five trends and a 30-year quality focus
Two analyses published this week examine Europe's evolving photovoltaic landscape from complementary angles. SolarEdge maps five trends reshaping distributed solar, while a SolarPower Europe webinar f...
Tesla Powershare Home Backup expands to Model 3 and Model Y
Tesla has expanded its Powershare Home Backup feature to the Model 3 and Model Y, opening vehicle-to-home (V2H) capability to the company's two highest-volume electric vehicle lines. The announcement ...
Solar system thefts cripple three community sites in Hanover, Jamaica
A wave of solar system thefts is disrupting essential community services in Jamaica's Hanover parish, with thieves targeting photovoltaic equipment at three public facilities in recent weeks. The Hope...
NovaFixx mounting system targets speed and safety on rooftop PV
A rooftop mounting system called NovaFixx is entering the market with a focus on simplifying installation and improving safety for solar crews. The system, featured in a PV Guided Tours video presenta...
Heliene Launches All-Black 108HC Residential Solar Module
Heliene, Inc. has introduced a new 108HC M10 SL All-Black framed glass-backsheet solar module engineered for the residential rooftop segment. The monocrystalline PERC panel features 108 half-cut cells...
K2 Systems Launches Two Mounting Systems for Large Roof Arrays
German mounting specialist K2 Systems has launched two new racking products aimed at large-scale rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations: Green Roof 2.0 for vegetated roofs and D-Dome 6.7 Portrait for...
GreenSketch launches AI solar platform in UK claiming £946 savings
GreenSketch, the solar software-as-a-service (SaaS) company developed by Australian distributor OSW Group, launched its AI platform in the UK at the end of September. The company claims the average UK...