Newsletter - Q2 2015   Solectria NEC 2014 Compliance Intersolar North America / SPI U.S. Solar Market Insight Q1 2015 Solectria Happenings Recent Installations Meet our Team!

All of Solectria's products from 3.8kW to 750kW are NEC 2014 Compliant.

PVI 3800-7600TL (Single-Phase String Inverters) Arc fault: standard, integrated Rapid shutdown, optional, met when: Placed within close proximity to the array; If not within close proximity, must be coupled with our rapid shutdown combiner box PVI 14-36TL (Three-Phase String Inverters) Arc fault: standard, integrated Rapid Shutdown, meets rapid shutdown requirement when: installed within 10 feet of array; if not installed within 10 feet of array, 3rd party solution required PVI 50-100KW (Three-Phase Central Inverter) Arc fault: optional with ARCCOM combiner Rapid shutdown: optional with ARCCOM combiner SGI 225-500PE (Three-Phase Central Inverters) Arc fault: optional with ARCCOM combiner Rapid shutdown: optional with order ARCCOM combiner SGI 500XT (Three-Phase, External Transformer, 600VDC Inverter) Arc fault: optional with ARCCOM combiner Rapid shutdown: optional with ARCCOM combiner SGI 500/750XTM (Three-Phase, External Transformer, 1000VDC Inverters) Arc fault: optional with ARCCOM combiner Rapid shutdown: optional with ARCCOM combiner ARCCOM disconnecting string combiner Provides arc fault detection and rapid shutdown for any of Solectria's three-phase central inverters (PVI 50-100KW, SGI 225-500PE, SGI 500XT, SGI 500/750XTM  Residential Rapid Shutdown Combiner Provides rapid shutdown for any of Solectria's single-phase inverters (PVI 3800TL, PVI 5200TL, PVI 6600TL, PVI 7600TL​)

Intersolar North America and Solar Power International 2015

WHEN: Tuesday-Thursday, 7/14-7/16, 10am-5pm

WHERE: Moscone Center, San Francisco, California

REGISTRATION:  CLICK HERE for a FREE expo entrance pass TRAINING:

• Meeting NEC 2014 Code Compliance – Installer Challenges and Inverter Solutions

  • WHEN: Wednesday, July 15th, 3-5pm
  • WHERE: Moscone West Level 3, Room 3010
  • COST: Installation Workshop Package $95 (this package includes ALL NABCEP workshops; the fee is set by Intersolar and cannot be waived)
  • 2 NABCEP CEU Available
  • MORE INFO/SIGN UP: CLICK HERE

SPEAKING:

• PV Grid Integration: Maintaining Grid Stability

  • WHEN: Tuesday, July 14th, 4:15-6pm
  • WHERE: Intercontinental Hotel, Level 3, Grand Ballroom C
  • COST: Must have a conference ticket/badge to go to this panel - $475-875
  • MORE INFO/SIGN UP: CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SHOW INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

See us in Booth #2320
WHEN: Tuesday-Thursday, 9/15-9/17, 10am-6pm
WHERE: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA
REGISTRATION: Unfortunately, Solectria does not have any free expo entrance passes - CLICK HERE for price information

TRAINING:

• NEC 2014, AFDI & Rapid Shutdown

  • WHEN: Tuesday, September 15th, 4:30-5:30pm
  • WHERE: PV Technical Training Booth #5142 on Show Floor
  • COST: Free with expo hall pass
  • 1 NABCEP CEU Available
  • MORE INFO/SIGN UP: CLICK HERE

TRAINING:

• Preparing for Rule 21

  • WHEN: Wednesday, September 16th, 4:30-5:30pm
  • WHERE: PV Technical Training Booth #5142 on Show Floor
  • COST: Free with expo hall pass
  • 1 NABCEP CEU Available
  • MORE INFO/SIGN UP: CLICK HERE

SPEAKING:

• Cutting-Edge California

  • WHEN: Tuesday, September 15th, 1-2pm
  • WHERE: Intercontinental Hotel, Level 3, Grand Ballroom C
  • COST: Must have a full day conference, one day conference, student or press ticket/badge to go to this panel - $300-1,165
  • MORE INFO/SIGN UP: CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SHOW INFORMATION   Many Solectria & Yaskawa representatives will attend and staff our booths at Intersolar NA and SPI, including executive staff, sales and marketing representatives and engineers. If you would like to set up a meeting with any of our representatives, please send an email to: events@solectria.com.  

• Total PV installed in Q1 was 1,306MW - enough to power 4.3 million American homes
• Over 51% of ALL new electric generations came from solar
• The residential market grew 11% over Q4 2014 (largest quarter ever) and 76% over Q1 2014
• Commercial and Utility-Scale markets were down over Q4 2014
• California reached 10,000MW of installations
• In 2014, 32% of NEW generating electrical capacity was from solar - 2nd only to natural gas

• Residential Installed Cost: Q1 2014: $3.83/Watt ; Q1 2015: $3.46/Watt - a 10% drop YoY
• Commercial Installed Cost: Q1 2014: $2.53/Watt ; Q1 2015: $2.19/Watt - a 13.4% drop YoY
• Utility-Scale Installed Cost:  Q1 2014: $1.71/Watt ; Q1 2015: $1.58/Watt - a 7.6% drop YoY

• SEIA: Q1 2015 Review Solar Market Insight Overview
• Greentech Media: U.S. Solar Market Insight: 1st Quarter 2015 

Above: Solectria's 2015 Softball Team

Since 2013, Solectria has sponsored a softball team and invited any employee interested in playing, with or without experience, to join the team. Solectria is the only team in the league with only company employees - other teams seek sponsors and the most talent they can find. The team is comprised of employees from sales, customer service, quality, accounting, purchasing, engineering, shipping and receiving and production with talent levels ranging from playing college ball to those that have never played in their lives!

Over the past 3 years, the team's win rate has increased - no wins in 2013, 1 win in 2014, and so far this year, 3 wins and looking to increase the number of wins!

Solectria's CEO, Anita Worden, Honored as Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year and Tribute to Women

From Right to Left: Diane Portnoy (CEO and Founder of the ILC), Amar Worden (Anita & James Worden's Son), Charlie Baker (Governor of Massachusetts), Priya Worden (Anita & James Worden's Daughter), Anita Worden and James Worden (Anita's Husband)

Recent Installations

Meet our Team!

Emily Hwang
Senior Applications Engineer - California

Emily brings over 8 years of experience in the solar industry with various companies such as SMA, RefuSol, Wirsol Solar Americas, EmPower Solar and Arian Solar, working as a design engineer, project manager and applications engineer for off-grid to MW grid-connected installations.  She has also taught NABCEP PV Entry Level courses as an adjunct instructor at Molloy College in New York.  Emily will strengthen the Applications Engineering Team, as well as Solectria’s West Coast presence.  She is based in San Francisco, California and will support Solectria’s customers and sales representatives in the western area.
 
Outside of the office, Emily is a board member for the Women In Cleantech & Sustainability and led a project team for Engineers without Borders to provide sanitation to the community of Yamabal in El Salvador.  She also speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German and English fluently.
 
Emily holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering and an MSE in Telecommunications & Networking from the University of Pennsylvania and is a NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional™.  She strives to provide an exceptional solar experience, pushing us towards a cleaner, brighter future.