Category: Green Building LEED News
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SunPower offers VPP option for California customers via OhmConnect
SunPower launched a new virtual power plant (VPP) offering for its customers across California via OhmConnect. Homeowners in select locations with solar and SunVault battery storage can connect with OhmConnect directly through the mySunPower app to earn rewards for managing their electricity use during periods of peak demand. SunPower and OhmConnect’s VPP helps homeowners make money……
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Sunrun affordable housing project includes solar job training for residents
BRIDGE Housing, in partnership with Sunrun cut the ribbon on a new solar installation at Villa Loma Apartments, an affordable housing community in Carlsbad, Calif. The new installation serves 344 families and will help residents save an average of more than $60 per month on their electricity bills and an expected $7.5 million in total……
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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……