Author: LEED Blogger
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Balancing the Power Grid
Strategy to increase coordination, reliability of energy resources. More…
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Maine school turns to solar for power and science education
Education and sustainability go hand-in-hand, as one of our Project of the Winners from 2015 can testify. The Middle School of the Kennebunks in southern Maine believes this as well, recently installing a 6-kW solar system from AllEarth Renewables. This will help offset the electrical bills of Kennebunks public middle school,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Existing carport retrofitted with MiaSole FLEX solar modules
MiaSolé recently installed its FLEX-02 solar modules over an existing carport, built by Baja Construction, at the Oakley Executive RV and Boat Storage facility. This project was designed to highlight the efficacy of MiaSolé FLEX solar modules for retrofitting existing carports built with industry standard 7.2 trapezoid corrugated metal panelsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Omnidirectional Solar Panels are on the Horizon
The direction in which roof top mounted solar panels face is very important, since it determines the amount of solar energy these devices will be able to convert into power. But this may soon become less of a concern. A team of electrical engineers from King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi…
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Grid-scale storage BOS costs to decline 41 percent by 2020
These days, grid-scale energy storage balance of system (BOS) costs average $670 per kilowatt. These costs include hardware like inverters and containers, soft costs like customer acquisition and interconnection, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) expenses. According to the latest report from GTM Research, Grid-Scale Energy Storage Balance of SystemsRead More — Solar Builder magazine