Category: Green Building LEED News
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PG&E starts installing home batteries for customers with frequent outages
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is piloting a home battery energy storage program to support the vulnerable customers in its service area that are most frequently impacted by outages caused by its Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS). Since October, PG&E has reached out to approximately 1,000 pre-qualified customers for this Residential Storage Initiative, and……
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RP Construction Services is opening a Florida office
RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS) is opening a new office in Tampa, Florida. This new office will be a hub for the company’s business development, marketing, and sales operations, with team members representing our data analytics, marketing, sales, software development, and customer success teams. “We’re really excited about bringing our team into one location to……
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Four key takeaways from the 2022 Projects of the Year
We already wrote glowingly about each our Project of the Year Award winners, but as we end 2022, I wanted to highlight a few key takeaways that resonate beyond award season and will shape the solar year(s) to come. 1. Let’s focus on what solar can do instead of what it can’t People in power……
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Leyline closes first international loan with Westbridge Renewable Energy to support 278 MW solar project in Alberta
Leyline Renewable Capital has closed its first international loan with Canadian developer Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. The loan will support the 278 MW Georgetown Solar project in southern Alberta, Canada. Georgetown may borrow up to $4,830,000 CAD (approximately $3.55 million USD). “This partnership with Westbridge Renewable represents an important step for Leyline as we venture into new markets,”……
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Kearsarge Energy secures $32 million to finance 6 solar sites in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Affiliates of Kearsarge Energy have secured $32 million for the construction and permanent financing of six solar PV and energy storage systems in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Renewable Energy Practice Group of Boston law firm Sherin and Lodgen LLP represented Cambridge Savings Bank in the loan facility for the projects. Located on various properties……