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Asylon DroneDog pitched as physical security for large solar sites
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (259+ words) Solar Power World Asylon, a provider of automated robotic security solutions, is helping solar operators strengthen physical security with its flagship security robot, DroneDog. Combining autonomous robotic patrols with around-the-clock AI-powered detection and live human monitoring, DroneDog provides an added…...
Solar Spotlight: The AI-powered future of solar field operations
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (422+ words) Solar Power World An excerpt of this interview is available below and you can listen to the full conversation here or on your preferred podcast service. Who does SiteCapture serve and what problems do you solve for the industry? What…...
Why solar EPCs became construction's unlikely industrial AI pioneers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (336+ words) By Michael Mazur, CEO, AI Clearing | June 3, 2026 If you want to see where AI technology is fundamentally changing infrastructure construction — not in pilot programs or conference panels, but in daily field operations — look at solar. Credit: EDP Renewables North America…...
Mango Power modular microinverter hits US residential solar market
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) By Billy Ludt | May 28, 2026 Distributed energy products manufacturer Mango Power is launching a new microinverter for the U.S. residential solar market. Mango Power S Pro Microinverter 5000 W is sold as a set of 10 500-W microinverters, each with maximum power point tracking…...
Are installers comparing the wrong MLPE systems?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1038+ words) By Kleber Facchini, Director of Commercial and Utility Product Marketing, SolarEdge | May 19, 2026 As systems with module-level power electronics (MLPE) have become more common across commercial and industrial (C&I) solar projects, many installers have started to view them as interchangeable. Most…...
Five ways robotic services are changing solar project performance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (889+ words) By Francesco Borrelli, chief AI and robotics officer, Nextpower | May 18, 2026 As solar portfolios scale, improving performance is becoming a more actionable opportunity. Recent data from Raptor Maps shows that equipment-driven losses across solar assets have increased from roughly 1-2% to more…...
GameChange Solar and Raptor Maps debut autonomous tracker monitoring system
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (327+ words) Solar Power World GameChange Solar is collaborating with Raptor Maps to introduce a tracker monitoring system integrated with autonomous robotic inspection. This pairs GameChange Solar’s GeniusVision tracker monitoring software with Raptor Maps’ Sentry robotic inspection platform to create a continuous…...
Do you know how a data center works? Experience in the solar industry helps
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (782+ words) By Dafna Granot, Senior Manager of Strategy & Innovation, SolarEdge | May 11, 2026 Data centers and energy used to be separate conversations. Today, they’re the same conversation. The rapid rise of AI-driven data centers is as much about power as it is about…...
Op-ed: NERC compliance is critical to national energy security
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (606+ words) By Kellie Macpherson, EVP of Compliance & Risk Management, Radian Generation | May 6, 2026 The cybersecurity risks our nation’s energy infrastructure is facing are not hypothetical — they are increasingly visible and growing steadily. Inverters do represent a critical entry point. If compromised, they…...
EIA: Renewables expect continued growth while fossil fuels decline
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) By Billy Ludt | April 27, 2026 Utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage are expected to add more than 80 GW of generating capacity in the U.S. by Feb. 28, 2027, while total fossil fuel and nuclear power capacity will fall by almost 5-GW, according to a…...