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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Minnesota governor vetoes anti-solar net metering bill

    The state legislature of Minnesota passed a bill that sought to make state utilities exempt from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission. The purpose here was to get them out of the current net metering rates and be able to impose fees that would harm the residential solar industry inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Brussels-based chemical company one of the big REC buyers for 71-MW solar project in South Carolina

    Solvay, a Brussels-based multi-specialty chemical company has agreed to buy all the renewable energy certificates (RECs) for 15 years from the largest solar farm yet to be built in South Carolina. Weird? Well, this fits into the group’s global sustainability commitment. The agreement with Moffett Solar 1, a subsidiary ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Power optimizer for PV plants from Alencon Systems achieves ETL certification

    Alencon Systems successfully gained ETL certification for its newest SPOT – String Power Optimizer and Transmitter – family of products. The ETL Mark from Intertek is proof that the product has been tested by an independent laboratory and meets the requirements of the applicable product safety standard. The new SPOTRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Yingli modules chosen for Europe’s largest bifacial PV plant

    Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. says that Tempress Systems B.V. part of the Amtech Group has begun to construct the Europe’s largest bifacial PV plant with a capacity of close to 400 kilowatt (KW). The project is located next to the headquarters of Tempress in Vaassen in the Netherlands andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • JinkoSolar promotes long-term solar project financing through new PACE program

    JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., is partnering with CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital to offer long-term project financing to US commercial project customers through the SolarPACE program. SolarPACE is designed to maximize solar energy cash flow to commercial and industrial (C&I) property owners. CleanFund fully funds the installation of the system, while endRead More — Solar Builder magazine