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  • Assess solar + storage’s value in terms of facility resilience

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) updated its publicly available online solar+storage optimization tool, REopt Lite, which can be used to determine the sizing of resilient power technologies designed to support critical services. Recent disasters in places such as Puerto Rico, where widespread outages contributed to devastating loss of life, underscore howRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunCommon receives new credit facility from Citizens Commercial Banking

    Citizens Commercial Banking is providing a new credit facility for SunCommon, Vermont’s largest provider of residential, community and commercial solar systems. The funds will fuel growth after SunCommon’s acquisition of Rhinebeck, N.Y.-based solar provider Hudson Solar. “We really value Citizens Bank as a great banking partner for our growing business,”Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar FlexRack trackers trending up, doubling sales over last year

    Solar FlexRack reports that its solar tracker sales have doubled in the first half of the year over last year’s sales. Solar FlexRack is closing double-digit megawatt sales of their new TDP 2.0 Solar Tracker and has expanded their product lines to deliver more options for solar power plants’ performance.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Award-winning solar site idea: Reducing one pound of steel per foot length of every pile

    Subtract one pound of steel per foot length from every pile used to support a solar photovoltaic panel, and you may save millions of pounds — and a lot of money. The idea, which involves changing the way photovoltaic ground mount piles are designed, came from a partnership between HDRRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Woman Converts Van Into a Cozy Full Time Home

    Atli, a transit bus driver from Vancouver, Canada has converted a van into a comfortable full-time home. Her main reason for the decision to ditch a regular home for a van home were the rising rents. The home Atli lives in now is a converted 2016 Ford …