Author: LEED Blogger

  • SMA’s 240-Watt Microinverter Now Shipping in North America

    SMA’s 240-watt microinverter is now available to the North American residential solar market. The Sunny Boy 240-US offers leading efficiency, design flexibility, simplicity and module-level optimization, all backed by SMA’s unrivaled bankability and service support. It also features exclusive SMA […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • 2.5 GW of Global Residential PV Energy Storage to be Installed by 2017

    The market for residential photovoltaic (PV) energy storage systems is expected to boom in the coming years, with cumulative installations amounting to 2.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2017, equivalent to the solar power that could be generated by more than 600,000 […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • Portland’s Caravan is First Tiny House Hotel in USA

    Tiny houses have found homes as hotel rooms at Caravan Tiny House Hotel, which celebrated its grand opening in the Alberta Arts District, a neighborhood in northeast Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 2013. Owners Deb Delman and Kol Peterson say that one of the goals of Caravan is to showcase the tiny home lifestyle. Three…

  • CohnReznick, Reznick Capital Market Securities Help with Solar Leasing Fund

    Reznick Capital Markets Securities (RCMS) and CohnReznick LLP have assisted with the successful closing of a one-of-a-kind financial structure – a levered and syndicated 5-yr partnership flip structure for a residential/commercial fund to be deployed in Connecticut. The innovative public-private […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Thin Films Inc. to Build Three Solar Fields in West Virginia

    Solar Thin Films Inc., an environmentally conscious company working to bring new products to market with a strong focus on Fiber Reinforced Plastics technology (FRP), as well as waste to energy and solar energy, announced today an agreement in principle […] — Solar Builder magazine