Category: Green Building LEED News
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Design for install: Grading solar projects on under-module wire management plan
Contributed by Mark Gies, director and solar expert at S-5! | This month marks my 15th anniversary in the rooftop solar industry, my biggest stint in any single industry, by a longshot. Most of my solar career has been on the mechanical and structural sides of engineering, with mounting systems, application engineering, codes and standards,……
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Fronius offers extended solar inverter warranty at no cost
Product warranties in solar — and the companies that stand behind them — are an important part of the solar + storage value equation to consider. To that end, Fronius USA is bumping up the warranty duration for all new Fronius solar inverter installations – from 10 years to 12 years of warranty — at……
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Sunspear to expand solar at Wet’n’Wild theme park in Honolulu
Sunspear Energy will be helping Wet’n’Wild Hawaii expand its existing 1.3 MW solar carport system. The project will involve the addition of another solar PV system with a Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system. The addition of the battery allows the park to store renewable energy generated and sell back power generated to the grid….…
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Valta, Black Bear compete 1.7 MW rooftop solar project in California
A shiny new 1.7 MW rooftop solar array is powering up a warehouse in Torrence, California. Valta Energy and Black Bear Energy completed the project for the facility owned by Ares Management Real Estate funds. “We are excited to embark on this journey towards a more sustainable future with our partners,” said Steve Young, managing……
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GoodWe opens inverter manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Global inverter manufacturer GoodWe, which hosted this webinar on Solar Builder alongside Sollega and OpenSolar, commenced operations at its manufacturing plant in Vietnam as part of GoodWeek. The new facility marks the third in the company’s manufacturing network. Covering approximately 14,800 square meters and divided into two phases, the factory will initially specialize in the……