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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • 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

  • Keys to inverter service: Data granularity, remote updates, customer relations

    Services for solar inverters are improving markedly, from commissioning through replacement, as the flow of panel and string-level data becomes more granular, fueling more sophisticated monitoring systems. From string inverters at a commercial and industrial (C&I) level, to microinverters now dominant in the residential market, manufacturers are embracing dynamic improvementsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • First Solar sells Moapa Southern Paiute Solar project to Capital Dynamics

    First Solar completed the sale of the cash equity interests in the 250 MW AC Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project in Nevada to global private asset manager Capital Dynamics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. You may recall that this was one of our Projects of the Year forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • BriteStreet to be full stocking distributor of SunModo mounting systems

    SunModo Corp. announced the appointment of BriteStreet as its new full stocking distributor. Commenting on the new partnership, SunModo CEO Rick Campfield says: “SunModo and BriteStreet have built a strong relationship over the past few years. With the increased brand recognition of both companies and the growth of the solar industry,Read More — Solar Builder magazine