Category: Green Building LEED News
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Santa Barbara School District to build solar-driven microgrids to improve community resilience
As deadly wildfires and Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) become the “new normal” in California, communities are increasingly turning to renewables-driven microgrids to maintain power for their most critical loads during grid outages that can last for days or potentially weeks. To bring these communities unparalleled economic, environmental, and resilienceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Frontier Americas completes financing for massive solar project in Kings County, California
Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), the US-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd, closed on the tax equity commitment and debt financing for its 210 MWp Mustang Two solar project in Kings County, California. The 210 MWp solar farm represents SFA’s largest project and financing to date. Recent projectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Q CELLS celebrates 20 years in solar by shifting all PV module production to monocrystalline in 2020
Few other solar companies in the market today can boast such a long history as the Q CELLS brand. From the Company’s German inception in 1999 to its current status as a top-tier, vertically integrated provider of total energy solutions, Q CELLS’ journey has closely mirrored that of the solar industryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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It’s official: The solar Investment Tax Credit will step down next year as last-ditch extension effort fails
In today’s not shocking news: Congress and the White House didn’t agree on including an extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) in an end of year tax package. Also eliminated from the package: any tax credits for electric vehicles, stand alone energy storage, and offshore wind. The PTCRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar farm to be installed at a University of Illinois campus via PPA with Sol Systems
Sol Systems announced the execution of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Prairieland Energy, Inc. (PEI), a University of Illinois-related organization. This 20-year PPA supports the development, construction, and operation of a 12.1 MW solar farm at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The system is projected to produce approximatelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine