Category: Green Building LEED News
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There’s a push in Brooklyn to turn its microgrid into a local energy marketplace via blockchain
Brooklyn residents have launched a campaign via Change.org to turn the Brooklyn Microgrid into a fully functioning Local Energy Marketplace, in a bid to help progress New York City’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV). The Brooklyn Microgrid (BMG), which has been run by LO3 Energy as a test project sinceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Over 200 mayors across the country urge Congress to extend the solar Investment Tax Credit
Solar investment is a local issue, which is why a bipartisan group of 231 mayors from Tacoma, Wash to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. sent a letter to Congress (see here) urging them to pass the Renewable Energy Extension Act and extend the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for five years.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Quick Mount PV’s solar mounting and racking systems approved by Florida DBPR
Quick Mount PV, the leading American manufacturer of watertight solar roof mounting and racking systems, has received Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) product approval for its full line of L-Mount and QBase Mount solar mounting and racking hardware. The approval simplifies project permitting and installations for solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Largest floating solar array in U.S. now operational in this New Jersey water treatment facility
With a strong desire to reduce both energy costs and the town’s carbon footprint, Sayreville, N.J., issued a public RFP in late 2015 calling for developers to provide bids for a solar installation under a power purchase agreement (PPA) to offset power use at the water treatment facility and relatedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar PPA prices have dropped 5 percent versus third quarter 2018 in LevelTen’s PPA Price Index report
Each quarter, the LevelTen Energy PPA Price Index provides an in-depth look at average offer prices for wind and solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) submitted on the LevelTen Marketplace. Here are some takeaways from this quarter. Price impacts Annual change from Q3 2018 to Q3 2019: Solar prices have droppedRead More — Solar Builder magazine