Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Sunetric Deploys PV System with Grid Curtailment in Hawaii
Sunetric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RGS Energy, has deployed a 198.8-kW PV system with automated curtailment and smart-grid controls at a popular beachfront resort on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The system is funded and owned by Kairos Energy Capital, a Hawaii-based merchant bank which finances and invests inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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El Paso Electric Completes 50-MW Macho Springs Solar Project
El Paso Electric Company (EPE), a Texas-based utility servicing 395,000 customers in both west Texas and southern New Mexico, is well-positioned for the new carbon standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPE will be coal-free by 2016 and, in less than one year, has doubled its utility-scale solar portfolio, makingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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NRG Energy, Boeing Complete 6-MW Solar Project in California
NRG Energy Inc. today introduced the NRG Community 1 Solar Generating Facility. Through an innovative, community focused program – among the first of its kind in the United States – the project was developed by Sol Orchard in collaboration with the Center for Energy Sustainability at San Diego State University’s (SDSU)Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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1.85 GW of NEXTracker Solar Trackers to be Used in Future SunEdison Projects
SunEdison today announced that it has awarded a master services agreement to NEXTracker Inc. for the purchase of up to 1.85 GW of trackers for the company’s ground-mounted projects worldwide over the next three years, tied to an aggressive cost reduction roadmap. “NEXTracker has developed a truly innovative tracker,” said AhmadRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Residential Energy Generation and Storage to Reach $71.6 Billion Annually by 2023
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are the most visible form of the broad disruption caused by distributed energy resources (DER). The growing affordability of DER technologies is altering utilities’ traditional relationship with residential customers by giving customers greater control of their energy consumption. According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenueRead More — Solar Builder magazine