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VOLUME 13 ISSUE 5
Buyer Beware
Do advanced analytics really deliver? Pg. 8
Brownfields to Brightfields
10 Up On The Roof
Is ballasting really safer than anchoring?
SEPTEMBER•OCTOBER2019 Volume 13, Issue 5
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Realizing the solar future on recovered land Pg. 12
No Fear
Trusting remote sensors in wind farm prospecting Pg. 46
Ready for Winter Ice? Pg. 44
Plus Show-in-Print Features:
• Solar Power International &
North America Smart Energy Week Pg. 60
• CanWEA Annual Conference & Exhibition Pg. 52
Pg. 38 Pg. 92
40 New York’s Predevelopment
Activities Advance Offshore Wind
52 CanWEA Annual Conference &
Exhibition
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departments
35 Solar product spotlight:
Modules
66 Solar Power International &
North America Smart Energy Week OMG Roofing Products
8 10 33
38 52
54 58 60
88 92 94
8 10 12
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16 18
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Top story Solar energy
Solar product spotlight: Modules
Wind power
Show-in-print:
CanWEA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Wind service spotlight: Transportation & Logistics
Wind product spotlight:
Cranes, Heavy Lift, & Working at Heights
Show-in-print:
Solar Power International &
North America Smart Energy Week
Energy storage
Energy efficiency
Events calendar & advertiser’s list
Buyer Beware 22 Do advanced analytics really deliver?
Up on the Roof
Is ballasting really safer than anchoring?
Brownfields to Brightfields
Realizing the solar future on
recovered land 33
Solar product spotlight: 54 Modules
Wind Turbine Gear Oils 58 Protect Against Wear
New York’s Predevelopment
Activities Advance Offshore Wind 60
Tips for Choosing and Using Land Management and GIS Software 88
Ready for Winter Ice?
Gear Set Reset
How double-enveloping worm 38 technology is driving
heliostat dependability 40
Solar vs the California Drought Saving an Industry’s Repution
Opinions of a solar inspector 42 Unlocking Solar Diversity 44
California - Off the Grid
92 Europe’s Smart Energy Future
NYC’s community solar option
is driving heliostat dependability
91 Energy storage product:
ABB
Following “Tradition” 46 How a well-known operating lease
makes a compelling financing
alternative for commercial solar 52
No Fear
Trusting remote sensors in wind farm prospecting
Show-in-print:
CanWEA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Wind service spotlight:
Transportation & Logistics
Wind product spotlight:
Cranes, Heavy Lift, & Working at Heights
Show-in-print:
Solar Power International &
North America Smart Energy Week
24 The Revolution of
Sun Tracking Carports
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