Author: LEED Blogger
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Zero energy housing community in Texas names Longhorn Solar a preferred installer
Texas’s first zero-energy capable housing community, Whisper Valley, is in the first phase of its plan to build over 7,000 new, eco-friendly homes in the East Austin, Texas area. These homes will be equipped with geothermal energy, solar photovoltaic power, high-efficiency appliances, and Nest Smart Home technology. Each homeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Capital Dynamics, Tenaska plan portfolio of nine large-scale energy storage systems in California
The Clean Energy Infrastructure business of Capital Dynamics signed an agreement with U.S. energy company Tenaska to develop a portfolio of nine battery energy storage system projects located throughout California’s highest electrical load centers. The agreement expands the strategic relationship between the two companies, which jointly own two solar facilities inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This commercial solar project blends public art, on-site generation in Minneapolis’ Uptown
From Energy News Network: MoZaic East’s developers worked with artists, engineers, designers and architects to create an 8-story, block-long solar installation unlike any other that now overlooks Minneapolis’ busy Uptown neighborhood. Wavy ribbons of tilted panels, each colored in checkerboard patterns of gray and purple, run the length of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar + Whatever: Different ways installers can provide home energy resilience
It only takes one hurricane, tornado or wildfire for the value of a resilient home energy system to sink in. Add to such increasing natural disasters the unpopular new utility practice in California of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) — a preemptive shut down of swaths of the grid toRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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LS Power turns on 250-MW Gateway Energy Storage project in San Diego County
LS Power unveiled the largest battery energy storage project in the world (for the moment) with Gateway Energy Storage. The 250 megawatt Gateway project, located in the East Otay Mesa community in San Diego County, Calif., enhances grid reliability and reduces customer energy costs. In doing so, Gateway provides a valuableRead More — Solar Builder magazine