LEED Points

Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • NextEnergy Capital acquires 99 percent of a Recurrent Energy solar project in North Carolina

    Canadian Solar Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy closed a sale of 99 percent of its Class B membership interest in a 102 MWp NC 102 solar photovoltaic project, located in Cabarrus County, N.C., to NextEnergy Capital. NextEnergy Capital indirectly acquired 99 percent of the interests through NextPower III, itsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • CAB Solar earns ninth patent for its solar wire management product line

    CAB Solar was awarded a second U.S. Patent for its Solar Cable Management System with Integrated Grounding. CAB’s newest patent is the ninth held by CAB for its innovative solar product line. Additional patents are pending with announcements expected in the coming months. The new CAB Patent provides broader protectionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • BENLEE adds rooftop solar system to Michigan headquarters via POWERHOME Solar

    BENLEE, a leading roll-off trailer and lugger truck manufacturer in North America, has established new sustainability goals for 2020 and beyond. As part of those goals, the company had POWERHOME (another company that loves all-caps) install 404 roof-mounted solar panels on its corporate headquarters in Romulus, Mich. The addition of POWERHOME’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Does SunPower’s exit from PV manufacturing signal a changing trend?

    Following the recent announcement that SunPower, one of America’s largest solar-panel makers, is to exit from the manufacturing business, Mohit Prasad, Project Manager at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers sent us his view: that, even despite the tariffs, there might be more U.S. companies exiting the PV manufacturingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • What is frost heave and how does it affect ground-mount solar projects?

    The following is an excerpt from a whitepaper produced by TerraSmart. You can request to download the full version here. As the demand for renewable energy grows across North America, an increasing number of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects are being deployed in regions that experience severe winter conditions, including deepRead More — Solar Builder magazine