Category: Green Building LEED News
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Solar Frontier Americas changes name to Idemitsu Renewables, nets financing for 80-MW solar project in Colorado
Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), announced it is changing its name to Idemitsu Renewables. Idemitsu Renewables is the US-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Idemitsu, pronounced “ee-deh-mee-tsu”), one of the largest energy companies in Japan, following the 2019 merger of Idemitsu and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. “The new nameRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Wood Mackenzie: Global solar project O&M spending will hit $9 billion in five years
Solar power systems nearing inverter end of life currently account for 5% of the global PV market. This number will grow to 16% – or 227 GWDC of solar systems – by 2025, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie. The repowering and maintenance of these solar power plants will comeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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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