Category: Green Building LEED News
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Pro’s Choice: Solar installers launch petition to change module-level shutdown
Scott Carman of Paragon Solar routinely sees burned out solar module connectors. Previously a solar installer, Carman has shifted to solely doing O&M work, which usually means replacing broken panels (they get a lot of hail in Colorado). Many of these jobs involve stranded systems installed by companies now outRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pro’s Choice: Solar installers launch petition to change module-level shutdown
Scott Carman of Paragon Solar routinely sees burned out solar module connectors. Previously a solar installer, Carman has shifted to solely doing O&M work, which usually means replacing broken panels (they get a lot of hail in Colorado). Many of these jobs involve stranded systems installed by companies now outRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Early look at Camarillo, Calif.’s hybrid solar microgrids at five critical community facilities
Last week, the Camarillo City Council in California awarded the Clean Coalition a contract to manage design work for Hybrid Solar Microgrids at five city facilities: City Hall, Police Station, Camarillo Library, Wastewater Treatment Plant, and Corporation Yard. The projects are designed to achieve zero net energy over their anticipated 30-yearRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunSpec Alliance update on work to simplify rapid shutdown signaling systems
In a few short years, the industry’s concept of a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) has morphed from an uncomplicated rooftop solar PV system that reduces your electricity bill to an incredibly complicated apparatus that does what the old system did plus stores energy, keeps the lights on at night orRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Nautilus Solar Energy adds 47-MW community solar portfolio in Maine from ISM Solar
Nautilus Solar Energy, announced the acquisition of eight community solar projects in Maine totaling 47.2 megawatts direct current from ISM Solar Development. Construction of the projects, located in Cumberland, Knox, Oxford and York counties, is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2021. Upon completion, these projects will provideRead More — Solar Builder magazine