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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Swinerton Renewable Energy, Solar FlexRack building a 26-MW solar plant in Connecticut

    Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, has completed a contract to supply a 26.4 MWac solar power generation plant for Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE), which will serve as the project’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm. The TobaccoRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The Riddle of Resilience: What’s important for society and the economy and yet has no value?

    The Union of Concerned Scientists convened a group of diverse stakeholders in Chicago late last year to discuss the equitable deployment of energy storage. The participants developed a set of consensus principles for storage deployment that elevate the critical importance of community-led clean energy solutions. Listed second in those principlesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solmetric now shipping its new PVA-1500 V2 IV curve tracer

    Solmetric has begun shipping its new PVA-1500 V2 IV curve tracer for commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting PV systems. This latest model of the popular 1500Volt/30Amp PV Analyzer product line adds some key new features, including: • Charging/charged LED indicators on the I-V unit and SolSensor • In-the-field firmware upgrade capabilityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Empire Statement: New York mandates 100 percent renewable energy by 2040

    New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is ushering in a new energy era for the Empire State by signing the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, which will require the state’s utilities to produce 70 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and calls for 100Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • KeyBank partners with Dividend Finance on new residential solar financing program

    KeyBank, N.A. and Dividend Finance are partnering on a new financial program to help homeowners add solar and energy storage systems to their homes to gain energy independence. These services will be offered in 35 states across the nation. “Dividend’s ability to provide KeyBank access to new households while optimizing ourRead More — Solar Builder magazine