Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Solar groups send 100 Day Clean Energy Agenda to South Carolina lawmakers
A coalition of solar industry groups, conservation organizations, and clean energy advocates have crafted a 100 Day Clean Energy Agenda, calling on state lawmakers to pass a suite of policies in the first 100 Days of 2019 that will inject competition into South Carolina’s energy sector. The campaign will includeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Harvest Energy Solutions installs first utility solar project in Michigan’s Lenawee County
Jackson, Mich.-based solar energy provider, Harvest Energy Solutions is the first provider of solar energy to a utility in Lenawee County, Mich., via three large scale solar array projects in the region. The installations are owned by Stateline Farms, Gerken Paving, and Harvest Solar Lenawee. Each of these systems isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Thin-film PV company Sunflare readies production boost with big equipment purchase order
Thin-film PV could be on the upswing in the U.S. residential solar sector. Swedish solar energy company Midsummer has received an order from Sunflare for equipment for the production of thin film solar cells worth over $7 million. The production equipment will be installed at a new solar panel factoryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Will floating PV start trending? NREL estimates its potential in the U.S.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floatingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How Sunrise Solar saved H.D. Myles farms $160,000 on its yearly electric bills
Sunrise Solar is a locally owned and operated solar designer and installer in Chestertown, MD. It specializes in agricultural solar solutions throughout Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. In May 2018 it commissioned a 994-kW ground-mount system for H.D. Myles farms in Maryland. The goal was simple – to shave theRead More — Solar Builder magazine