Category: Solar Power & Energy
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VOTE: 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards — Roof-mounted
Bishop O’Dowd High School Oakland, Calif. Completed: Aug. 1, 2015 Size: 50.960 kW Bishop O’Dowd High School has a two-story classroom building facing southeast. The classrooms get very hot during the day when classes are in session. They want to reduce the heat to improve the learning experience of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Polls are open: Vote in the 2015 Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards
The nominations are in, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to choose the best of the best for our third annual Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards. Really, when it comes to the proliferation of solar energy, we are all winners. But that doesn’t stop us fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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JA Solar modules to power the largest solar farm under construction in Australia
A 70-MW Moree Solar Farm (MSF) in Australia has begun to install the batches of solar modules provided by JA Solar since June. As MSF’s exclusive supplier, JA Solar will keep delivering JAP6-315 and JAP6-310 modules to meet all demand of 70-MW modules. Early this year, MSF was acknowledged byRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Carbon tax bill introduced in New York
According to the Sustainable Financial Markets, N.Y.-assembly members Kevin Cahill and Barbara Lifton introduced a carbon tax bill into the assembly this week. The bill would tax carbon emissions with the ultimate goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in New York State. This is an ambitious effort that starts aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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G6 Power Solutions emerges to serve rapidly growing market
In business, people often stick with what they know, but some individuals will look to that horizon, willing to take some risks along the way. Scott Griffin and Janet Miller, owners of G6 Power Solutions, are two of those individuals. They jumped into the growing solar energy market and areRead More — Solar Builder magazine