Author: LEED Blogger
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SunPower to give homeowners the ability to design their own solar systems with Design Studio
Historically, understanding a home’s solar potential required talking to a sales consultant or compromising with one-size-fits-all online calculators. With a new web application called Design Studio, SunPower is looking to give U.S. homeowners the power to create their own solar system design automatically in seconds. In less than 30 seconds,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Check out this collaborative solar resource assessment concept from ArcVera Renewables, NRG Systems, Harness Energy
Assessing an accurate value of a potential solar project — and then maintaining that production outlook — are of utmost importance for the solar industry. A new and complete solar resource assessment (SRA) solution is being rolled out to the U.S. market to handle the key aspects of those objectivesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California governor signs bill to protect solar energy customers from unfair taxes
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law important financial protections for Californians investing in rooftop solar energy. The law, AB 1208, extends a prohibition on cities and counties taxing the energy generated by rooftop solar panels for use by homeowners and businesses. The bill faced little controversy since it was introduced inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Legislation proposed in U.S. Senate to simplify solar energy permitting at local government level
The solar industry is trumpeting the introduction of the American Energy Opportunity Act by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Susan Collins (R-ME) this week, which will provide voluntary assistance and tools to local governments to simplify, standardize, and automate clean energy permitting for their residents and businesses while enhancing safety.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Vote for the 2019 Solar Builder Projects of the Year
We asked for you to send us your coolest, most innovative and noteworthy solar projects of the last 12 months and, boy, did all of you deliver. From among the record amount of submissions, the Solar Builder editorial team has selected the best of the best as nominees forRead More — Solar Builder magazine