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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • California CCAs procure 15 MW of solar power, 8 MWh of storage

    Renewable America will provide more than 15 MW of solar power coupled with 8 MWh of energy storage to four different community choice aggregators (CCAs) in California. Through five projects in total, the company is enabling the CCAs to make progress toward state-mandated Resource Adequacy (RA) program in light of the California Independent System Operator’s……

  • EnerVenue’s metal-hydrogen batteries complete UL 9540A tests, certified to UL 1973

    EnerVenue, the company bringing a much-hyped metal-hydrogen battery to market that’s capable of 30,000 cycles, achieved a few big milestones this week. EnerVenue has completed UL 9540A cell-, module-, and unit-level evaluation of thermal runaway fire propagation. Additionally, the company certified its Energy Storage Vessel to UL1973. The UL 9540A test method is officially titled:……

  • Colorado approves streamlined solar permitting process

    For any state or region hoping to add more solar energy, a modern, streamlined permitting process can have a big impact. The Colorado Legislature has taken note and passed a bipartisan bill to establish the Streamlined Solar Permitting and Inspection Grant Program. This will provide nearly $1 million to help local governments with startup costs……

  • PV Pro Cures | CHERP wants to build mini U.S. solar module factories and a circular economy

    Solar module procurement has been precarious the last few years. The Section 201 tariffs of the Trump Administration. The Auxin petition to expand the bounds of the anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs. The allegations of forced labor in China’s Xinjiang province and the resulting Withhold Release Order (WRO) and Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act……

  • Stanley Black & Decker unveils 4.3 MW privately funded solar project in Kentucky

    Stanley Black & Decker has partnered with Castillo Engineering and RPG Energy Group to build a 4.3 MW solar farm in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The project is the state’s largest privately funded on-site solar project that is 100% renewable energy sourced. Covering nearly 15 acres, the solar field produces enough clean energy to power Stanley Black……