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Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Vermont lays out plan for 20 percent solar generation in-state by 2025

    Vermont wants to show other states how it is done when it comes to becoming an advanced solar economy — one in which solar power provides at least 20 percent of total electricity use by 2025. The goal sounds crazy ambitious but over the last 2 years the Vermont Energy InvestmentRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • 106-acre Big Bend Solar project completed in Tampa

    Burns & McDonnell met substantial completion requirements on March 1 for commercial operation of the Big Bend Solar project in Tampa, Fla. The 106-acre solar photovoltaic (PV) project is owned and operated by Tampa Electric and is the largest single source of solar power in the Tampa area with capacityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • This new online platform to connect solar jobs with interested applicants

    Job growth in the solar industry has been one of its big headlines, naturally side by side the growth in solar capacity. To better match qualified and interested workers with this boat load of jobs, the Solar Training Network launched an online solar career platform. The platform, accessible at SolarTrainingUSA.org,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nevada lawmakers looking to restore net metering, speed renewables adoption

    The Associated Press is reporting that Nevada lawmakers may have come to their senses and are putting a package of bills on the table to restore net metering rates for residential solar adopters that they had yanked away in 2015. Momentum slowly started to build right after that controversial decisionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SolarWorld speaks out on Chinese trade impact on U.S. solar module manufacturing

    SolarWorld is one of the country’s largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturers, and it has concerns about the influence of China’s trade strategy in the solar sector, the glut it is created and the quality of the products forming that glut. Here is the complete release sent out by SolarWorld: China’s tradeRead More — Solar Builder magazine