Category: Green Building LEED News
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SunPower Leads Again With Cradle to Cradle Certification
75% of SunPower’s solar panels are now certified from materials used to recycling at end of life.
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Phoenix Solar to construct 135-acre solar project in Georgia for Silicon Ranch
Nashville-based renewable energy provider Silicon Ranch Corp. and Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), are set to begin construction on Silicon Ranch’s 20 MW AC project in southeast Georgia. Silicon Ranch has selected California-based Phoenix Solar to construct the ground-mounted solar project nearRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar3D secures two ag solar contracts worth $3 million
Solar3D Inc., a provider of solar power solutions and the developer of a proprietary high efficiency solar cell, just secured a $2 million contract for the design and installation of an agricultural solar project for Payne Brothers Ranches in Woodland, Calif.; and an approximately $1 million contract to design and install a PV systemRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Chinese, Russian Billionaires Turn to Solar
Cheng Kin Ming is building an entire clean energy supply chain, and Viktor Vekselberg is building solar projects in Russia.
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Xcel Energy denied solar power proposal by North Dakota regulators
This doesn’t happen often, but Xcel Energy was denied application for an ADP by the North Dakota Public Service Commission, after the utility regulators ruled that Xcel Energy’s proposal wasn’t cost effective enough – that it would raise costs without delivering clear benefits. This is the first time the commissionRead More — Solar Builder magazine