Category: Green Building LEED News
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SolarCity Never Sleeps, Debuts Its Own Very Efficient Solar Panel
We have to get solar energy to be cheaper than natural gas or coal, and these breakthroughs get us there, says SolarCity’s CEO.
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India Comes Through On Climate Pledge
As expected, India’s pledge emphasizes adding huge amounts of renewable energy while reducing emissions intensity.
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SolarCity claims to have built world’s most-efficient rooftop solar panel
SolarCity sent out a press release claiming to have built the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel, with a module efficiency exceeding 22 percent. SolarCity says the panel generates more power per square foot and harvests more energy over a year than any other rooftop panel in production, with its eye onRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New OutBack battery bridges gap between lead-acid, advanced storage
OutBack Power debuted the EnergyCell Nano-Carbon battery line at this year’s Solar Power International Convention. This exciting new EnergyCell offering advances battery technology to a new category for customers requiring an energy storage solution that’s primary purpose is to accept frequent and partial charges and discharge cycles. This new advanced technology batteryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Michigan breaks ground on largest community solar project
Officials from Consumers Energy and Grand Valley State University celebrated their collaboration to expand renewable energy in Michigan, breaking ground on a new, 17-acre community solar project. “We thank Grand Valley State University for helping us take a Michigan-first approach to a sustainable future for our state,” said Dan Malone,Read More — Solar Builder magazine