LEED Points

Category: Green & Clean

  • Inaction on net metering policy is killing solar industry, jobs in Massachusetts

    What happened to the power of job creation as a political tool? States and local jurisdictions seem to hang on to industries like coal, oil and fracking despite their potential harm to the environment and choose to rarely implement regulations that might adversely affect them because, you know: JOBS! Well,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out this Toledo Zoo solar site — featured at EPA’s Ohio Brownfield Conference

      Installing solar in a brownfield is just a big win for everyone, so it makes sense that the EPA’s Ohio Brownfield Conference 2016 from April 6 – 7 will be showcasing the Toledo Zoo’s solar array. We have a lot of photos below. The presentation will focus on theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Goodyear facility completes 1-MW install with Yaskawa-Solectria inverters

      Three-phase, transformerless PVI 28TL inverters from Yaskawa – Solectria Solar were installed at the Goodyear Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The 1-MW solar array is comprised of over 3,000 solar modules powered by 33 Solectria PVI 28TL inverters and cover the main manufacturing plant and five parking canopies. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Natcore Technology’s new solar cell design shows huge efficiency jump in 11 months

    Natcore Technology Inc. has achieved commercial-level efficiencies for its laser-processed solar cells. This refinement of Natcore’s all-back-contact silicon cell structure, which utilizes low-cost aluminum instead of high-cost silver, has progressed rapidly. Less than 11 months ago, early proof-of-concept cells were delivering 4 percent efficiencies. Today, the cells have already reached efficienciesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • First U.S. veterans complete Solar Ready Vets training program

    As part of the solar industry’s job report, SEIA always mentions the number of U.S. veterans the industry plans to employ. We reported this week that veterans now comprise 8 percent of the total workforce, but that number looks to increase now that the Department of Energy’s Solar Ready VetsRead More — Solar Builder magazine