Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Puerto Rico rebuild: Solar, efficiency projects underway at San Juan’s largest market
Solar installation and energy efficiency upgrades at the Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are underway, according to officials from The Solar Foundation, the Clinton Foundation and the municipality of San Juan. The Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras in San Juan is the largestRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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American Electric Power (AEP) to add 8.3 GW of renewable generation by 2030
Ohio-based American Electric Power says it plans to invest $33 billion in capital from 2019 through 2023, with $2.7 billion of that focused on new renewable generation, including approximately $2.2 billion for competitive, contracted renewable projects. “Our long-term strategy is built on investments that will benefit our customers and positionRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Meet Project Sunlight: A new model aimed at scaling multifamily solar
The International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST) was awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to develop and coordinate a new approach that partners with local utilities, multifamily affordable housing property owners, investors and other stakeholders, to create a shared solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Stanford researchers working on rooftop PV array that also cools buildings efficiently
Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. “We’ve built the first device that one day could make energy and save energy, in the same place and at the same time, by controlling two very different properties of light,” said Fan, senior author of an article appearingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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CleanCapital forms partnership with BlackRock to drive new clean energy capital
CleanCapital announced a new partnership with BlackRock’s global renewable power platform with the closing of a 46.9 MW portfolio of solar assets from ATN International, Inc. subsidiary, Ahana Renewables. The portfolio consists of 60 operating solar projects located in California, Massachusetts and New Jersey. The acquisition is CleanCapital’s largest toRead More — Solar Builder magazine