Category: Green Building LEED News
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Countdown to 2020, part IV: How California is both boosting and undermining its solar + storage future
California has a vision for a widespread residential solar + storage market that would ultimately supplant PV-only systems in both effectiveness and return on investment and is currently assembling all of the pieces to bring it to life. Those pieces include: Revisions to Title 24 of the California Code ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Apple, Amazon top list of corporate buyers of solar energy in the United States in 2018
Tech giant Apple is now the leading procurer of corporate solar in the United States with nearly 400 megawatts (MW) of total installed capacity, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s Solar Means Business 2018 report. This report puts the power of corporate commitments to clean energy on display, asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TerraForm Power is buying the 320 MW distributed generation portfolio of AltaGas
TerraForm Power entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the distributed generation portfolio of AltaGas Ltd for a total purchase price of $720 million, which includes up to ~320 MW of capacity in the United States. “Following the close of this transaction, TerraForm Power is expected to own one ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Startup with new products to clean, maintain solar PV panels closes latest investment round
ChemiTek has closed an investment round, led by Portugal Ventures, that will help the startup to advance with the production and consolidation of its core products for the maintenance and protection of solar panels. On the horizon is the bet on the expansion to international markets. ChemiTek says it hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SinglePoint’s Direct Solar brokerage signs $3.5 million in solar install contracts in two months
SinglePoint says Direct Solar has surpassed its expectations by signing contracts to deploy more than $1.7 million in solar installs over the past 30 days and adding up to a two-month total of nearly $3.5 million in contracts. Now that these are in contract they will move to the nextRead More — Solar Builder magazine