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  • Worker Habits are a Major Cybersecurity Threat

    Study finds employee online behaviors can jeopardize enterprise data. More…

  • Ideal Power receives 14.5-MW order for mix of power conversion tech

    Retaining previous business is always a good thing, and growing that business is even better. Ideal Power, a developer of power conversion technologies, just received an order for 14.5 MW of its power conversion products for use in Battery Energy Storage Systems predominately for California and Hawaii. The order comes fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar bad for the poor? SEIA fights Wall Street Journal op-ed

    The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece a few weeks ago titled “This Child Doesn’t Need a Solar Panel” with the subhead “Spending billions of dollars on climate-related aid in countries that need help with tuberculosis, malaria and malnutrition.” The intentions of the columnist might have been in aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tallest Modular Building Going up in NYC

    Apartment prices in New York City are skyrocketing, with demand still driving the prices up. To help alleviate this problem, the architecture firm nARCHITECTS are in the process of constructing a modular building, which will feature only very small apartments. Modular construction and small size of the units will hopefully keep the rents affordable. My…

  • Solar ag boost: More USDA loans, grants available for renewable projects

    The ag sector is an important one for solar, so the announcement last week from the USDA that it is awarding loans and grants that will help more than 1,100 rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy usage and costs in their operations is a welcome one. The funding isRead More — Solar Builder magazine