Category: Green Building LEED News
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‘Opportunity zones’ are just that for C&I solar installers
This piece comes via Aurora Solar. Federal opportunity zones, which offer tax benefits to qualifying businesses, are little known and not always well understood. But they can offer important advantages to solar companies, adding to solar tax benefits such as the Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC). “Opportunity zones were created to promote economic development in……
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Frames of Steel: How Origami Solar plans to disrupt the global PV module market
Solar modules manufactured in the United States are comprised of many components made beyond U.S. borders. The polysilicon to solar cell supply chain is the most high-profile example, but PV glass (requires a special sand to produce), sealants, backsheets, aluminum frames and so on are just as highly concentrated in China and Southeast Asia. U.S.-based……
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Newly formed Hawthorne Renewables pledges $250M in solar projects across U.S.
The new kid on the block pledges to have the right stuff when it comes to U.S. solar development. Phoenix-based Hawthorne Renewables launched today with plans to develop $250 million in solar projects over the next few years. The newly established solar development company is backed by significant industry experience and capital. Hawthorne Renewables is the……
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Summit Ridge, Osaka Gas enter joint venture to develop solar and storage projects
Commercial solar and energy storage company Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has expanded its partnership with Osaka Gas USA Corp. (OGUSA), a subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co. Ltd., to construct, own and operate more than 100 MW of solar projects throughout the state of Virginia and 8 MW of energy storage systems in New York. The……
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DOE awards $1.2 million in funding for Energy Storage for Social Equity program
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) has announced approximately $1.2 million in funding for four organizations as part of its Energy Storage for Social Equity (ES4SE) initiative. ES4SE is designed to empower disadvantaged communities to consider energy storage technologies as a viable path toward achieving their energy goals. “These organizations are fully engaged with ES4SE to find energy storage……