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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • FAFCO crowdfunding its new solar electric, solar thermal combo system

    FAFCO has been around since 1969 in the solar thermal manufacturing space and is taking its latest brainchild to crowdfunding. The concept they are looking to crowdfund is CoolPV — an enhanced solar electric panel that generates electricity and heats water using the same panel on the same valuable solar roof space. BecauseRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PUC of Ohio seeks public comment after utilities seek higher fixed charges

    The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is kicking off a series of four public hearings around the state over the next two weeks to get public input on AEP Ohio’s proposal to more than double the ‘fixed charges’ residents must pay on their electric bills each month. Fixed chargesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • HCS Renewable Energy joins the South Carolina Solar Business Alliance

    Austin, Texas-based HCS Renewable Energy is the newest member to join the South Carolina Solar Business Alliance serving as primary staffing subcontractor on utility-scale solar projects nationwide. The South Carolina Solar Business Alliance (SBA) is the voice of solar for South Carolina. Their mission is to create a positive businessRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New tool launches in Illinois to open community solar market

    West Monroe Partners, a full-service North American business and technology consultancy, and Elevate Energy, a non-profit organization focused on delivering smarter energy use for all, launched what they are calling the Community Solar Business Case Tool, a flexible financial model that projects the costs and benefits to the system developerRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Yingli uses new n-type solar cell production process to improve bifacial efficiency

    Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. says it has produced the first interdigitated back contact (IBC) n-type solar cells based on 6-inch wafers at an industrial pilot line within just three months by adopting the new production process co-developed by Dutch research center ECN and equipment manufacturer Tempress. The production processRead More — Solar Builder magazine