Category: Green Building LEED News
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The rise of Raptor Maps: $5M funding round to support further solar software development
Raptor Maps continues to gain steam as a solar project problem-solver. To date, the company has improved the project finance and asset management of over 25 GW in 35 countries, with a customer base that includes everyone from global utilities (like Enel Green Power), asset owners (Greenbacker Renewable Energy), construction companies (likeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Leyline provides Core Solar with capital for 600 MW of utility-scale solar projects
Leyline Renewable Capital, a provider of pre-construction capital for renewable energy, signed a deal with Core Solar LLC, to provide development-stage capital for 600 MW of utility-scale solar projects representing a portion of Core Solar’s pipeline across the United States. “Projects like these are the backbone of the next-generation cleanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sweden’s Azelio aims for U.S. market with long-duration energy storage tech
Leading global certification body UL is working together with Sweden-based Azelio to evaluate its long-duration energy storage technology for entry into the United States market. The objective of the evaluation is to achieve a field certification of Azelio’s technology in 2021 for a specific project in California. “The US market hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pull the alarm: Rooftop solar fires are on the rise, studies point to two possible causes
Solar PV system-caused fires are rare, but they are on the rise in the United States. The numbers here are hard to track down, but Lawrence Shaw, owner of Higher Powered LLC, a residential solar preventive maintenance company in Arizona, reached out to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), dug throughRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Connecticut Green Bank develops, sells six solar projects to Skyview Ventures
Skyview Ventures, a Connecticut based renewable energy investor, acquired six solar PV projects (a total of 1.2 MW of solar capacity) developed by The Connecticut Green Bank, that will benefit municipal properties, a nonprofit organization and an affordable multifamily housing provider. All six projects are backed by Power Purchase Agreements, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine