Category: Green Building LEED News
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Differences between SLA and LiFEPO4 batteries
This piece was contributed by Lawrence Zhou, CEO of Nature’s Generator Batteries are central to the advancement of clean energy, but concise, accurate information about the pros and cons of different battery types can be hard to come by. For that reason, Nature’s Generator put together a quick primer on two of the most significant……
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Yotta Energy, Sunstone Credit team up to speed transition to clean energy for U.S. businesses
Yotta Energy, a leader in intelligent energy storage technology for the rooftop commercial and industrial (C&I) market, and Sunstone Credit Inc., a technology-enabled clean energy financing platform that helps businesses go solar, have formed a partnership to enable more businesses to transition to clean energy. Commercial buildings account for 75% of the nation’s electricity consumption….…
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Industry audit finds problematic solar racking designs at RE+ 2022
Mature industries are characterized by well-developed engineering practices, standards, quality management processes and highly reliable systems. The solar PV industry has generally not achieved this level of maturity in its structures and fastener technology. During the 2022 RE+ event in Anaheim, Calif., this past September, a research team walked the Exhibit Hall and found many……
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Over 90 percent of solar modules produced in 2023 will be large format
High power wattage is the name of the game in the solar marketplace now, due to the combination of large-format panels and n-type technology. Independent energy research agency TrendForce estimates that large-format wafers, cells and modules will account for more than 90% of the total production capacity in 2023, and demand for large-format products will……
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Maplewell Energy, Urban Electric Power partner on EaaS concept for C&I customers
Virtual power plant developer Maplewell Energy and Urban Electric Power, a manufacturer of zinc batteries, are teaming up on a virtual power plant (VPP) program for commercial and industrial customers. The Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) model will utilize UEP’s turnkey battery energy storage system and Maplewell’s energy management system (EMS), JANiiT, to provide C&I customers with demand……