Category: Green Building LEED News
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REC Solar completes microgrid install for Dependable Hawaiian Express freight company
Dependable Hawaiian Express and REC Solar, an unregulated affiliate of Duke Energy, installed a solar microgrid solution (complete with baller PV panel rooftop design) that bring reliability, savings, zero-emissions generation and more to this Hawaii-based freight company. The vision for renewable generation combined with energy storage as a backup powerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This Raycatch solar asset management system update is nicknamed the ‘Coronavirus Version’
The solar energy industry currently needs oversight that requires less physical human presence on the assets, as part of the social distancing challenge. With that in mind, Raycatch, a start-up that developed an AI-driven asset management system to optimize solar PV assets, announced its first major update in a year, targetedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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C&I Buyer’s Guide 2020: Ground-mounts, rooftop racks, clamps and carports
The commercial and industrial (C&I) solar segment continues to lag behind its potential, but it’s not for lack of structural systems. From lightweight rooftop innovations to cost-effective carports to classic fixed-tilt ground mounts, there is a mounting and racking solution to fit any C&I site. C&I rooftop solar systems SunModo’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Illinois sparked a solar residential boom, but COVID-19 and stalled legislation could end it
From the Energy News Network: Illinois’s solar industry, which until recently had been booming, could be decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to experts and developers who are scrambling to prepare for the uncertain future. The state’s 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act sparked a boom in distributed solar installations andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolRiver, Rockland team up to acquire solar projects in 2 to 50 megawatt range
SolRiver Capital LLC, a solar investment fund that owns distributed-generation and utility-scale projects, closed an equity commitment from Rockland Capital, an energy-focused infrastructure investment fund, to acquire up to $200 million of solar projects. The SolRiver/Rockland platform will acquire, own and operate distributed (DG), utility-scale, and commercial (C&I) solar projects.Read More — Solar Builder magazine