Category: Green Building LEED News
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Solar Switch connects homeowners with solar education, group-buy discounts
Solar has the potential to save many homeowners around the country hundreds of dollars a year. But as this Buzz episode showed, customer education and advocacy is still needed. A cool partnership just launched in Illinois to do just that. Five Chicagoland counties, nonprofit advocates and expert solar professionals are partnering to educate homeowners on……
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DSD explains long-term purchase strategy to counter supply chain risks
This column is from the Q2 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Subscribe for free here. Demand for solar is so high that, for certain equipment and materials, it’s outpacing manufacturing capabilities, adding challenges for developers during the procurement process. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is pushing to increase domestic solar manufacturing with landmark tax……
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Edison Energy brokers 90 MW vPPA between Covestro and Ørsted
Edison Energy worked with Covestro, a manufacturer of high-quality polymer materials and their components, to broker a 90 MW virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a clean energy leader in the U.S. market, headquartered in Denmark. This newest 15-year agreement secures a portion of power from the Mockingbird Solar Center in Lamar County, Texas,……
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High Caliber Energy selects EnerVenue batteries for large Florida project
High Caliber Energy, a Florida-based consulting and EPC firm specialized in LNG and renewables, has placed a 25 MWh order of Energy Storage Vessels (ESVs) from metal-hydrogen battery company EnerVenue. High Caliber Energy’s client is an energy company based in the Southeastern United States, and the order will support a large project for residents in……
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NexWafe ‘green’ solar wafers closer to commercial production after latest investment
NexWafe GmbH secured €30M to accelerate the construction of its first commercial-scale facility in Bitterfeld, Germany to fabricate the company’s green solar wafers. “This investment marks the start of NexWafe’s plan to raise substantially larger funds in the second half of 2023,” stated Davor Sutija, CEO of NexWafe. “The funds will be used to break……