Reversible photovoltaic shade under the Madrid sky

The 8 kW photovoltaic shade was deployed on the outdoor rest area of a commercial building located in the northern part of Madrid. It was built with conventional solar modules provided by JA Solar and a structure made with light galvanized steel profiles for plasterboard partitions. Spanish architectural firm Ignacio Borrego Arquitectos has built a […]

SolarAPP+ permitting software reduces project times in pilot run

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released a free, web-based platform for automatic residential solar permit approvals. From pv magazine USA Last July, the US Department of Energy (DoE) and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+), a free software program to automate residential solar permitting. The tool […]