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  • AET selected by SolarCity for 400 kW ground mount install in Maryland

    Applied Energy Technologies, (AET) a supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, announced the successful installation of its Rayport G ECO for a 400 kW solar PV ground mount system at the Queen Anne’s County Board of Education building in Grasonville, Md. The project, in partnership with SolarCity, a full-serviceRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tiny Modern Student Dorm

    The design firm CannonDesign, or more precisely their design studio Yazdani Studio, recently introduced a unique and modern Sleeping Pod, which will be used as student housing at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios. The Sleeping Pod is a fully furnished dorm room, and could also easily be used as a guesthouse, office space, extra…

  • New York Benchmarking Yields Big Savings

    Report shows older facilities provide best energy efficiency opportunities. More…

  • Array’s DuraTrack HZ v3 commissioned in Northern New Mexico

    Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has commissioned a 1.3 MW DC solar plant for the Springer Electric Cooperative located in northern New Mexico. Even more notably, this will be one of the first showcases of the recently launched single-axis tracking system, the DuraTrack HZ v3. The patent-pending tracking system minimizes upfrontRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Affordable solar power pricing creates huge opportunity in UAE

    Solar energy pricing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has now reached parity with fossil fuel models, according to a report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This ‘REmap 2030’  report, researched in conjunction with Masdar Institute and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Directorate of Energy and Climate Change,Read More — Solar Builder magazine