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  • OnForce Solar Completes 2.4-MW Solar Array on NY Capped Landfill

    OnForce Solar, a leading provider of solar energy systems, announced that they have completed construction on a large-scale, 2.364-MW solar array built on 13 acres of a decommissioned, capped landfill in West Nyack for the Town of Clarkstown. This solar installation is the first of its kind built on aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Simple Yet Cozy Shipping Container

    Jimmy from Costa Rica, the man behind the ContainerHome.net company, has successfully recycled plenty of shipping containers into comfortable, small apartments. One of his biggest successes is the home introduced in this post, which is basically a small apartment made from a standard 20-foot ISO shipping container. The shipping container home features a huge unfolding…

  • LEED 2009 Registration Extended

    USGBC announces two more years to prepare for LEED v4. More…

  • Construction Begins on 11.18-MW PSE&G Solar Project on NJ Landfill

    New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin and New Jersey State Senator Donald Norcross helped Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) mark the start of construction on its largest solar project to date, an 11.18-MWdc solar farm atop the closed KinsleyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Conergy Builds 1.5-MW Solar Array on Former California Landfill

    Good news for residents of Sacramento. Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies, recently completed a 1.5-MW solar installation on Sutter’s Landing Park, a regional recreation area in Sacramento, Calif. The solar installation will produce approximately 2,300 megawatts hours of solar energy annually for the Sacramento Municipal Utility DistrictRead More — Solar Builder magazine