Category: Green Building LEED News
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Post-NEM planning: How solar + storage can be a better business model
Battery storage systems are more than just home energy backup – they can also back up your solar installation business. David Dunlap, VP of product strategy with BayWa r.e. joins Power Forward! to explain how energy storage system (ESS) sales can create a more financially sustainable business model for solar installers –regardless of net metering……
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Canadian Solar energy storage training course achieves NABCEP certification
Canadian Solar’s installation training course has been certified by NABCEP, marking another milestone in helping installers to upgrade their skills. The course covers the knowledge and techniques required to install the EP Cube residential energy storage system and is now available on the NABCEP website. After completion, participants will receive two NABCEP credits and become an EP……
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Greenskies energizes 3 MW of solar for N.J. public school district
Greenskies Clean Focus has completed 10 solar systems totaling 3 MW for the Township of Union Public Schools in New Jersey. The energy generated by these projects is expected to offset 74% of the schools system’s annual electrical use, resulting in more than $370,000 in annual energy cost savings. “Greenskies is excited to support the……
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PVcase secures $100M investment to solve data risk challenge
EU-based solar project design software provider PVcase has secured a joint investment of $100 million. The funding will support the company’s efforts make solar project design faster, more efficient and precise while solving the industry’s growing problem of “data risk.” Despite considerable resources already invested in the solar market, the solar engineering industry lacks the……
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Benefits (and tradeoffs) of large-format PV modules
This is an excerpt from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine, written by Cherif Kedir, president and CEO at the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), an accredited testing laboratory for solar photovoltaic and energy storage products. Subscribe to Solar Builder magazine for free (print or digital) right here. Lowering costs, improving performance, and……