Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Details on one of the largest urban solar projects in the U.S. nearing completion
Solar projects have so much more potential when viewed as a collective bundle versus typical one-off projects, specifically when municipalities are behind the idea. The work Standard Solar is doing for the DC Department of General Services (DGS) is a great example as it includes 30 solar rooftop arrays throughoutRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Wheeler Power Systems installs Caterpillar solar system for Utah’s first net zero community
Living Zenith is Utah’s first net zero community setting an unprecedented standard for energy efficiency in the state. With smart tech and strategic design, these green homes generate as much energy as they use in one year. Caterpillar solar photovoltaic systems, provided by Wheeler Power Systems, a division of WheelerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunrun becomes first large national installer to try Midwest expansion
Sunrun Inc., still plugging away as one of the largest national residential solar companies in the United States, is making its first bold stride into the Midwest and expanding its home solar service to Wisconsin. Sunrun says customers in the state can either own their system outright with Sunrun BrightBuy, or ownRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Resilient Power Project — a pilot program to install solar+storage in low-income communities
Seven community-based nonprofits and affordable housing developers have been selected to receive grants from Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Leadership Initiative, as part of the Resilient Power Project, to build their organizational capacity on the benefits of solar and energy storage (solar+storage) technologies. The Resilient Power Project, a joint initiativeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Here’s the price of residential solar-plus-storage systems, according to DOE research
Declining costs in customer-side energy storage products have opened the door for batteries to improve the value and flexibility of residential PV systems while falling costs in PV technologies have been driving the growing adoption of combined PV and storage solutions. However, gaps remain in developing an in-depth understanding ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine