Category: Green Building LEED News
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Global solar PV tracker market: Shipments exceeded 20 GW for first time in 2018
Global unit shipments of single-axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers increased by over 40 percent in 2018, surpassing 20 gigawatts-dc (GW) globally for the first time. While the United States continued to be the largest individual market for single-axis trackers last year, shipments also increased in Mexico, Australia, Egypt, Spain, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Global solar PV tracker market: Shipments exceeded 20 GW for first time in 2018
Global unit shipments of single-axis solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers increased by over 40 percent in 2018, surpassing 20 gigawatts-dc (GW) globally for the first time. While the United States continued to be the largest individual market for single-axis trackers last year, shipments also increased in Mexico, Australia, Egypt, Spain, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Blazing a new trail: Canndescent opens first-of-its-kind cannabis cultivation facility thanks to solar power
Canndescent has completed the cannabis industry’s first, commercial-scale solar project, powering its indoor production facility in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. Delivering onsite, renewable energy, the 282.6 kilowatt system uses 734 solar modules on seven different carport structures to energize the company’s historic cannabis production facility, which also earned attention inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Adding Energy Storage for Grid-Tied Inverters
Thu, Apr 4, 2019 2:00 PM EDT In many parts of North America, the utility rate structure for renewables has moved from incentive based to effectively punitive by eliminating feed in tariffs, restricting or eliminating net metering, and employing time of use (TOU) rates outside of the solar production window.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Community solar project developed on a brownfield at Long View Forest’s Vermont headquarters
Long View Forest, Inc. and Encore Renewable Energy announced the commissioning of a 745 kWp community solar array on three acres at the new Long View headquarters and woodyard on Ferry Road in Hartland, VT. The project is on a 28-acre remediated “brownfield” property formerly used as a saw millRead More — Solar Builder magazine