Category: Green Building LEED News
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Trash to treasure: North America’s largest landfill solar project recoups $2.3 million for N.J. town
There are more than 10,000 closed landfills in the United States, and it has been determined that closed landfills could host more than 60 GW of solar capacity — enough to power 7.8 million homes or the state of South Carolina. There has also been an 80% increase in solar landfill projects over the past……
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Israeli developer Ellomay Capital to fund its first U.S. solar projects in Texas
Ellomay Capital, a renewable energy developer of renewable energy based in Israel, has its sights set on the U.S. solar market now, signing a joint development agreement (JDA) for the development of solar projects in the State of Texas. The JDA was executed with a project development company experienced in the development of energy projects,……
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Solar inverter brand loyalty increases on EnergySage Marketplace
Solar installers are shopping around more for solar panels, but inverter brand loyalty is increasing — along with system prices — according to the latest Solar & Storage Marketplace Report from EnergySage. Info in this semiannual report from EnergySage is drawn from millions of transaction-level data points generated by quotes sent to homeowners shopping on……
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Holcim, TotalEnergies to drive clean energy services at Colorado cement plant
Holcim US and TotalEnergies have partnered to bring large-scale solar power and battery energy storage to Holcim’s Portland cement plant in Florence, Colorado. In line with Holcim’s pledge to power all its U.S. operations with 100% renewable energy by 2050, TotalEnergies will install, maintain and operate a 33 MWdc ground-mounted solar array and 38.5 MWh……
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Moog Construction track loader automates solar panel delivery on site
Large-scale solar sites are typically built in remote areas, and involve the delivery of thousands of pallets. The delivery process today is a repetitive, critical task that can cause delays and non-productive time on site. This is why autonomous equipment for large-scale solar site constriction is on the rise. Just in the last few weeks……