Category: Green Building LEED News
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Monitoring home solar monitors: SunPower and Sense update their apps, David Energy wants to do everything
Installing a ton of residential solar doesn’t just “distribute” generation, it distributes the responsibility for managing that generation, and we are just starting to scratch the surface of products and strategies for doing so. These range from customer apps that (try to) change each user’s relationship with their home’s energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Big Y World Class Market subscribes to 19 community solar programs in Massachusetts via Nexamp
Big Y World Class Market has taken the next step in supporting the production and consumption of clean energy by contracting with Boston-based Nexamp to participate in its community solar program. Under the agreement with Nexamp, Big Y is subscribing to 19 solar projects across Massachusetts, representing a total ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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EDF Renewables acquires remaining interest in EnterSolar
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) recently announced its 100-percent acquisition of EnterSolar, a national provider of distributed generation solar solutions to corporate commercial and industrial (C&I) customers. EDF Renewables previously held a 50-percent interest in EnterSolar in a strategic partnership they announced on September 24, 2018. As a wholly-owned subsidiaryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Safety beyond NEC 690: How pairing with IEC, UL and IEEE standards mitigates solar install risks
As commercial and utility-scale solar projects become more widespread, fires and failures shouldn’t. Unfortunately, the number of rooftop solar installation fires in the United States each year increased 69 percent between 2016 and 2018, according to U.S. Fire Administration data. Unprotected, improperly connected or incompatible connectors are some of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on Electriq Power’s PowerPod 2, an AC-coupled residential battery storage system
Electriq Power launched PowerPod 2 AC-Coupled last week, the latest addition to its lineup of residential battery systems. The cobalt-free PowerPod 2 AC-Coupled boasts even higher power output with LFP-based batteries and three models of usable capacity—AC-10 (kWh), AC-15 (kWh), and AC-20 (kWh)—to meet every homeowner’s energy storage needs. Electriq PowerRead More — Solar Builder magazine