Category: Solar Power & Energy
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SunCommon receives new credit facility from Citizens Commercial Banking
Citizens Commercial Banking is providing a new credit facility for SunCommon, Vermont’s largest provider of residential, community and commercial solar systems. The funds will fuel growth after SunCommon’s acquisition of Rhinebeck, N.Y.-based solar provider Hudson Solar. “We really value Citizens Bank as a great banking partner for our growing business,”Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar FlexRack trackers trending up, doubling sales over last year
Solar FlexRack reports that its solar tracker sales have doubled in the first half of the year over last year’s sales. Solar FlexRack is closing double-digit megawatt sales of their new TDP 2.0 Solar Tracker and has expanded their product lines to deliver more options for solar power plants’ performance.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Award-winning solar site idea: Reducing one pound of steel per foot length of every pile
Subtract one pound of steel per foot length from every pile used to support a solar photovoltaic panel, and you may save millions of pounds — and a lot of money. The idea, which involves changing the way photovoltaic ground mount piles are designed, came from a partnership between HDRRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Duke Energy denied in attempt to raise fixed rates on customers in North Carolina
Duke Energy had big plans in North Carolina for a $13 billion capital reinvestment plan to modernize the grid and requested a $472 million rate hike to fund it (about 8.5 percent on average). The details of the plan and the increased rates didn’t sound too “modern” to North CarolinaRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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PCI Solar develops solar 1.8-MW project at brownfield site in Wasco, Calif.
PCI Solar has completed construction of a 1.8-MW solar array for the City of Wasco in California. The project, developed by Siemens, is part of California’s RES-BCT program, which allows a local government with one or more eligible renewable generating facilities to export energy to the grid and receive generationRead More — Solar Builder magazine