Category: Green Building LEED News
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Canadian diamond mine to build NWT’s largest solar plant
Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine will build the largest solar power plant across Canada’s territories. The facility will feature more than 6,600 solar panels and generate approximately 4,200 MWh of carbon-free electricity annually for the mine, located near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT). The Diavik mine, which began operations in 2003 and is 100% owned and……
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Enphase unveils NEM 3.0-focused solution for California solar + storage customers
Enphase Energy announced a comprehensive solution that can improve homeowner return-on-investment (ROI) under California’s new net billing tariff, also known as NEM 3.0. The solution includes the Enphase Energy System powered by IQ8 Microinverters and IQ Batteries, as well as an energy management system that can maximize ROI for homeowners. In addition, Solargraf, Enphase’s design……
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Pegasus debuts SkipRail rooftop solar mounting system
Pegasus is debuting a new solar rail system that is four years in the making — SkipRail — and it does just as the name suggests. An extension of the Pegasus Rail System, the SkipRail clamp is a single part that dramatically speeds installation and saves enormous amounts of material. The SkipRail clamp eliminates entire rows of……
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Tesla Powerwall customers can now enroll in the ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant
Tesla is now collaborating with EnergyHub, an experienced provider of distributed energy management systems (DERMS), to allow Powerwall owners to enroll in the ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant (VPP) program via Tesla’s app. ConnectedSolutions is the largest bring-your-own-battery demand response program EnergyHub supports. All EnergyHub utility clients are eligible for participation in the ConnectedSolutions program (concentrated……
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Top 10 global inverter brands by 2022 market share
The top 10 global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter vendors accounted for 86% of market share in 2022, increasing by 4% year-over-year since 2021, according to latest analysis by Wood Mackenzie, a global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources. The top eight vendors of 2021 held their ranks in 2022, with only Ginlong Solis……