Category: Green Building LEED News
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Largest landfill solar + storage project in Massachusetts completed by CS Energy
Integrated energy firm CS Energy completed a 4.5 MWdc solar project installed with a 3.8 MWh lithium-ion storage solution on a landfill cap site located in Amesbury, Mass. This massive solar-plus-storage system is part of a partnership between the City of Amesbury and Kearsarge Energy, a New England-based renewable energy developerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Minnesota’s Como Park Zoo goes solar thanks to C2 Energy, City of St. Paul
C2 Energy Capital LLC, a rapidly growing investor and developer in renewable energy and storage assets, worked closely with the City of St. Paul to bring solar energy to the popular Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul, Minn. The clean energy will reduce electricity costs for the zoo’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Meet Energy Hub, SolarEdge’s new approach to home energy backup
SolarEdge Technologies launched its new Energy Hub Inverter with Prism Technology this week, which combines its HD-Wave technology with the functionality of StorEdge in order to create a more flexible, simple-to-install home backup system. This builds on the company’s vision for a fully optimized smart home future as the EnergyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How radiant heat increases injury, illness risk for rooftop solar workers (and four prevention tips)
Working on a rooftop, closer to the sun and out of the shade, puts workers at increased risk for heat injuries and illnesses. The good news is that heat illnesses are 100 percent preventable if you understand what happens to the body while it’s working on that hot rooftop. The scienceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TrinaSolar adds 500-Watt Vertex modules to TrinaPro system to create TrinaPro Mega
Trina Solar Co. announced the global launch of TrinaPro Mega last week, a smart PV solution that adds its ultra-high-power 500W Vertex modules (debuted in February) to its optimized TrinaPro system. With solar energy fast approaching grid parity, TrinaPro Mega aims to resolve several application challenges faced by existing systems. ToRead More — Solar Builder magazine