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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Department of Energy to fund projects to reduce soft costs of solar installs

    Discussions on further large reductions in solar installation prices start with soft costs. Knowing this, the Energy Department is pumping $21.4 million in funding for 17 new projects to help reduce these soft costs, such as installation, permitting and connecting to the grid. “Soft costs have been a pervasive barrier to widespreadRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • EnSync reports SPI Solar failed to meet its purchase obligations

    EnSync Inc., a developer of energy management systems for the utility, commercial, industrial and multi-tenant building markets, is reporting that that due to the failure of SPI Solar Inc. to meet its purchase obligations under its supply agreement with the company, EnSync has delivered a formal Notice of Default to SPI. InRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Details on a code change that allows for solar panels above plumbing vent pipes

    A standard change from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials will allow for a sophisticated new design concept that allows PV installers to place panels above existing ABS plumbing vent pipes, instead of designing around them, giving installers the ability to offer more panels, increased power production andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Jersey schools look to save $1 million via energy savings

    Schneider Electric signed three energy savings improvement programs (ESIPs) with New Jersey school districts that will drive more than $1 million in annual energy savings. The Delran Township School District, Pennsauken Public Schools and West Deptford School District have embarked on unique ESIP projects that will encompass a wide variety of energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • What is next for the solar industry? Executives share their thoughts

    Get a group of solar industry leaders on a stage in 2016, and all discussions tend to veer into the existential. This is our takeaway from this year’s Solar Power International conference, which took place in Las Vegas, Sept. 12-15. Obviously everyone on those stages agreed that solar power shouldRead More — Solar Builder magazine