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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Yingli subsidiary partners with SolarAid on cool new affordable solar light

    A subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, is partnering with SolarAid, a leading international charity that combats poverty and climate change, to launch the world’s most affordable quality solar light, the SM100. The new solar light was designed and developed by YingliRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar installs grow 43 percent in Q2 2016, but long-term questions emerge in each segment

    Growing 43 percent year-over-year, the U.S. saw 2,051 MW of solar photovoltaics installed in Q2 2016. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, this marks the eleventh consecutive quarter in which more than 1 GW of PV was installed, driven largelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • World of solar news: Dutch company ZEP debuts sun roof tile

    Maybe solar roofs really will be the next big thing. SolarCity aside, by developing existing ceramic roof tiles with integrated solar cells, Dutch company ZEP has presented the world’s first sun roof tile, making each roof suitable for generating solar energy. Although the first black solar roof tiles have beenRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • FirstEnergy issues RFP for solar renewable energy credits in Ohio

    FirstEnergy Corp. announced a Request for Proposal (RFP) to purchase both Ohio-compliant Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs) and Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) for its Ohio utilities – Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison. The purchases will help meet the Companies’ 2016 renewable energy targets established under Ohio’s alternativeRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rooftop to Battery: the case for convenience and safety when designing Solar+Storage

    Solar+Storage is expected to become an over $3 billion market by 2020, and following the example in Germany storage-based systems will account for 4 out of every 10 installations. This, plus NEC-driven changes for rooftop installations means there’s new requirements along with new opportunities. OutBack Power Technologies, the “master ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine