Category: Green Building LEED News
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Scale Microgrids designs solar + storage microgrid so cold storage facility can run off-grid
Origo Investments is partnering with the old storage pros at Amond World, to develop a state-of-the-art refrigerated cold storage facility in the Madera Airport Industrial Park in California, which will include two 250,000 sq ft buildings, each holding approximately 50 million pounds of almonds or other recently harvested crops for farmers and processors. “Central California……
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Growatt beefs up residential off-grid PV inverter series
Growatt launched its latest SPF 6000 ES Plus inverter for residential off-grid PV storage applications. The SPF 6000 ES Plus is an upgrade over previous off-grid solutions SPF 3000-5000 ES, to target markets where there are frequent power outages or limited access to the grid. Some specs: With a maximum PV input power of 8000W……
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How the IRA will help install solar in low-income communities – and how it falls short
This was originally published in the Q4 issue of Solar Builder. Subscribe to the magazine (print, digital or both) right here. It’s free. From solar pros to CEOs, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been roundly applauded and rightly so. The IRA solidifies a cleaner energy future for the United States and……
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Meyer Burger solar panels coming to U.S. market via Inxeption
Industrial commerce platform Inxeption is helping launch German-made Meyer Burger solar panels to the U.S. market. Meyer Burger is an early adopter of heterojunction PV technology, and is planning to eventually open its own U.S. solar manufacturing facility. “Our solar panels are built with Meyer Burger tools to exacting standards with our own proprietary technology….…
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kWh Analytics: Solar assets continued to underperform P50 estimates
Climate insurance and renewable energy risk management experts at kWh Analytics released their 2022 Solar Generation Index report. Utilizing operating data provided by industry collaborators and their proprietary Heliostats database, the company identified a persistent pattern of solar asset underproduction across the country. This year’s report finds that solar assets broadly continued to perform well……