Sol-Ark Innovation wins award by Department Of Energy! We have some exciting news to share. For many years, our engineers have been working hard and innovating to make solar power affordable for everyone. Finally, we have been noticed by the Department of Energy for their American Made Solar Prize competition. This prize money will help […]
Sol-Ark gets great review in wrenches by an awesome fellow installer: “Hey Wrenches, I have installed ~15 Sol-Ark 8k’s over the last year and have a few 12k’s lined up for the coming month. I have basically fallen head over heels for the product and the company. The machine itself works beautifully and is quick
Avoid Common Solar Project Mistakes by Using Sol-Ark products and Free Engineering support At Sol-Ark we like to think we address these 10 common mistakes discussed in this recent article: The CEO of Silicon Valley’s Cinnamon Energy Systems boils down his biggest lessons from the residential battery business—from buggy software and interconnection delays to understanding
EMP To blame for Venezuela Blackout? We know the technology has existed for decades and only getting stronger. A recent article in the Washington Examiner points to why the blackout may have occurred. Venezuelan officials are blaming an “electromagnetic attack” for a power outage that swept through the country. Venezuelans suffered a wide-ranging power outage
UL 1741 SA Rule 21 and HECO compliance has been approved for the Sol-Ark 8K. This approval has been a long time coming as we all know things move slowly in bureaucracy. Initially we at Sol-Ark didn’t like the idea of the electric utility using your batteries to balance the grid during high usage times.
Sol-Ark 8K Inverter Efficiency Tops Tesla, Outback, Magnum, Pika, Solar Edge, Sonnen Texas engineered Sol-Ark 8K sets records for 48V battery-based inverter efficiency using innovative design that is easy to install and even easier to use. Sol-Ark 8K Inverter Efficiency Tops Tesla New Design: After several successful products, the Sol-Ark engineering team set out to build the
EMP hardened Sol-Ark 8K handles over 140 blasts of EMP up to 100 KV per meter! You guys asked for it and we delivered. Many of you have known that we build and test our products with our very own EMP generators. Last week we used an independent test lab in Plano Texas to get
Cyberattacks not fiction to say the least. In the Smart world of today, you can see everything interconnected. Everyday there is a new app or program that lets you do more automation. Especially our solar customers who want to see the power they are making and selling back to the grid. Why not? We crave
Today, many news sources are reporting that Tariffs on Solar PV Imports is Reality. This has been speculated for several months now. Several large solar panel suppliers have hoarded panels…waiting to make a bundle on them as prices are sure to increase. At Portable Solar, we are keeping the prices steady until we run out of
Solar Panel Price increases continue Renewable Energy World reports on 11/15/17 There is a critical shortage of a raw material needed to make Solar panels in china. Between the Tariff being imposed on any non USA made solar panels and this shortage it looks like the Solar Panel Price increases continue to be an issue.
