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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Corrosion and Conformity: Kern Solar on what solar gets wrong (and can learn from other energy industries)

    “We build with solar energy — our fabrication facility is powered by renewables. We really believe in it, but solar support structures are kind of a nuisance for me right now,” laughs Tony Worthen, VP of operations and product development at Kern Solar Structures, when giving me the rundown ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Spruce Finance closes huge debt financing deal for its residential solar portfolio

    Spruce Finance, a large private owner and operator of distributed generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., has closed a $124 million debt financing deal for its portfolio of residential solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) and leases with Vantage Infrastructure and Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (SEQI). TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Ginlong Solis inverters now SunSpec-certified for rapid shutdown

    Ginlong Technologies officially rolled out its portfolio of SunSpec-certified residential, hybrid and commercial inverters to the U.S. market in April. Upon successful completion of the SunSpec Modbus certification, Solis single and three phase inverters now include the SunSpec communication protocol for rapid shutdown, in accordance with NEC 2017-2020 module-level requirements.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Details on DNV GL’s assessment of the TrinaPro Smart Solar tracker system

    DNV GL, a quality assurance and risk management company, recently finished up a Technology Assessment Report for Trina Solar Co.’s all-in solar module and tracker system, the TrinaPro Smart Solar Solution, which consists of modules manufactured by Trina Solar, trackers manufactured by NClave, a Trina Solar subsidiary, and inverters manufacturedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Encore Renewable Energy approved to build a 5-MW solar project in Maine

    All permits required for Encore Renewable Energy to construct a 5-MW solar array on underutilized land in Oakland, Maine, have been approved. The permit was secured working collaboratively and remotely with local officials from the Town of Oakland. Once completed, the new solar array will produce enough clean electricity toRead More — Solar Builder magazine