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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • NRG company Reliant donates $110,000 to Texas animal shelter for solar install

    Reliant is an NRG company that brings electricity, smart energy solutions and home services to business and residential customers across Texas. The company just announced the donation of $110,000 to Houston’s Friends For Life, the only no-kill, LEED-certified animal rescue shelter and adoption organization in Houston. The donation supports theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Horizon Solar goes with Ice Energy storage system on cultural center install

    The Palm Springs Cultural Center in California’s Coachella Valley is the proud new owner of a solar-plus-storage system, installed by Horizon Solar Power. What’s neat about this project is its incorporation of Ice Energy’s Ice Bear 30s as the storage / HVAC system. The solar-plus-storage system comprises 73.6 kW ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar public relations boost: SEIA launches new education campaign

    The gap between the public’s knowledge of the value of solar energy and the reality is shrinking, but is still fairly significant. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) hopes to shrink it further by launching a nationwide consumer education campaign to inform and protect solar consumers while further simplifying theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Project profile: Church in Hawaii repairs roof, adds 82-kW solar array

    Utility costs in Hawaii are higher than most of the United States, so it’s not uncommon to see solar panels installed on larger projects to take advantage of the state’s plentiful sunshine. After repairing a 30-year-old standing seam roof, the Word of Life Christian Center installed an 82 kW solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Innovative Solar Systems to sell 150 large-scale solar projects

    Looking to buy some big solar farms? Utility-scale solar developer Innovative Solar Systems is selling 150 of them — 300 MW to 500 MW blocks of early stage projects. These Solar Farms are located in various key states throughout the U.S., and the company expects them to yield long term IRR’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine