Category: Green Building LEED News
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You down with CIP? How cast-in-place foundations add flexibility to a solar installation
Flexibility is maybe not the first word that comes to mind when thinking about concrete blocks, but when planning your next ballast solar project, it should be considered. Sure, the first concern when choosing your concrete foundations will likely be cost. How much will it cost to ship precast blocksRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Vivint Solar closes $313 million term loan facility
Vivint Solar closed a $313 million term loan facility, which refinanced 11 tax equity funds that were part of the company’s aggregation facility. The term loan facility provides back-leverage financing for a portfolio of 12 tax equity funds that own over 307 megawatts and 47,000 residential solar energy systems acrossRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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BlueWave makes solar loan product available in the Carolinas (and has installer incentives)
As the solar market in the Southeastern U.S. booms, BlueWave, a Boston-based Community Solar development and fintech company, has brought its solar loan product to North Carolina and South Carolina. Homeowners in North Carolina and South Carolina looking to finance their home solar systems can now sign up for aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Nevada Supreme Court decides against voting referendum to restore net metering
Nevada decides yet again to remove power from the people. The state Supreme Court has decided against a referendum for the upcoming election that would have let people vote on whether or not to restore net metering rates. The decision was based on the description required to explain the effectRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Georgia’s Solarize Athens campaign triples area’s residential solar installs
June 30 marked the last day for Solarize Athens, and after tabulating the results the coalition in charge of Solarize Athens, made up of Environment Georgia, the Georgia Climate Change Coalition, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light and Solar Crowd Source, announced they hit their goal of tripling residential solar inRead More — Solar Builder magazine