Category: Green Building LEED News
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GRID Alternatives awarded $4.4 million in funding for California’s first low-income community solar projects
The California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) announced final awards totaling $4.4 million to GRID Alternatives for two Community Solar Pilot projects in Contra Costa and Riverside Counties. These first-in-California low-income community solar projects are part of California Climate Investments and will make the cost-saving benefits of solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Starbucks uses innovative PPA aggregation structure to invest in three renewable energy projects
Starbucks just invested in a custom-built three-project renewable energy portfolio using LevelTen Energy’s procurement platform. This portfolio transaction by Starbucks, in which a corporate buyer simultaneously procures a fraction of the power generated by multiple new projects, is unprecedented. The PPA portfolio will provide clean power to the electricity grids that serveRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bank of America to install solar arrays at over 60 locations in the next three years
Bank of America is expanding its investments in solar energy, installing solar panels across multiple locations through its Onsite Solar Initiative. The addition of solar power at financial centers, ATMs, office locations and other operational buildings will reduce energy costs for the bank and greenhouse gas emissions. The program isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bank of America to install solar arrays at over 60 locations in the next three years
Bank of America is expanding its investments in solar energy, installing solar panels across multiple locations through its Onsite Solar Initiative. The addition of solar power at financial centers, ATMs, office locations and other operational buildings will reduce energy costs for the bank and greenhouse gas emissions. The program isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SEPA’s Utility Solar Snapshot shows 15 percent growth, led by five emerging state markets
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)’s new report, the 2019 Utility Solar Market Snapshot, the educational non-profit found the U.S. solar market is still growing and notably expanding to new emerging state markets – there were 7.3 GWs interconnected in 2018, marking an 20.1% increase in total capacity overRead More — Solar Builder magazine