Category: Green Building LEED News
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CleanChoice Energy partners with MPOWERD to distribute solar lanterns to victims of hurricane Dorian
CleanChoice Energy is partnering with MPOWERD, a solar lantern manufacturer that works with nonprofits to disseminate lights to those most in need, to gift solar lanterns to those impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Through this partnership, CleanChoice will gift 1,000 lights which will be disseminated via MPOWERD’s non-profit network. “For decades,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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SDG&E wants to hike electric bill minimums and add a fixed charge, citing solar as the reason
San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is proposing a new fixed rate of $10 and a monthly increased minimum bill proposal, of $1.26 per day (or $38.19 per bill based on a 30-day billing cycle), to be effective March 1, 2020 if approved by the CPUC. SDG&E believes these “modest” increasesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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EDF Renewables adds EV charging company PowerFlex Systems to its Distributed Solutions Group
EDF Renewables North America has acquired Los Altos, California-based PowerFlex Systems, a pioneer in managed electric vehicle (EV) charging technology. The investment is part of EDF Renewables’ continued strategic growth in the distributed energy market, as reflected by their acquisition of groSolar in 2016 and their partnership with EnterSolar lastRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower to give homeowners the ability to design their own solar systems with Design Studio
Historically, understanding a home’s solar potential required talking to a sales consultant or compromising with one-size-fits-all online calculators. With a new web application called Design Studio, SunPower is looking to give U.S. homeowners the power to create their own solar system design automatically in seconds. In less than 30 seconds,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Check out this collaborative solar resource assessment concept from ArcVera Renewables, NRG Systems, Harness Energy
Assessing an accurate value of a potential solar project — and then maintaining that production outlook — are of utmost importance for the solar industry. A new and complete solar resource assessment (SRA) solution is being rolled out to the U.S. market to handle the key aspects of those objectivesRead More — Solar Builder magazine