Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Longroad Energy completes financing for 215 MW Little Bear Solar Projects

    Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, will be starting construction of Little Bear Solar, comprising four separate projects totaling 215 MWdc in Fresno County, Calif. Additionally, two Danish pension funds, PKA and PenSam, represented by their investment manager AIP, announced today that they are investing inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Terra Pave Top-Seal soil binder debuts to reduce dust, boost albedo on solar PV sites

    Beckett Solar Energy sent word that it’s the official solar industry marketer of an intriguing new product called Terra Pave Top-Seal White Albedo (TSW) — an eco-friendly permanent soil binder that transforms the ground into a concrete-like structure and provides a permanent white-as-snow color. This addresses several common issues onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • CalChoice selects esVolta for 60 MWh energy storage project

    esVolta, a developer and owner of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America, has been selected to deliver a new Lithium-ion battery energy storage system for California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice), a hybrid joint powers authority made up of five operational community choice aggregations (CCAs) in the cities of Lancaster,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Advantage Capital Solar Partners financing five New York community solar projects

    Advantage Capital Solar Partners III, LLC has completed the solar investment tax credit financing of five community solar projects sited across New York state totaling 15 megawatts in generating capacity. The projects operate under New York’s Community Distributed Generation program and together generate approximately 18 million kilowatt hours of electricityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Discussing generator backup vs. energy storage backup with Generac

    Apologies for the recording hiccup in this, but the quarantine isn’t time to panic, it is time to prep! And today we do that with Russ Minick, chief marketing officer for Generac Power Systems. Russ dives into the pros and cons of generators, the pros and cons of energy storageRead More — Solar Builder magazine