Category: Green Building LEED News
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Texas is getting a NetZero capable community via Francis Solar, Quick Mount PV
Francis Solar and Quick Mount PV are supplying Texas’s first NetZero Capable Community, Whisper Valley, with equipment to go solar. The supply partnership has helped the 7,500 home Texas community win the Grand Award at the 2019 Green Builder Media Sustainability Awards. The new community is a model for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Iowa government unironically tables a “sunshine tax” on solar system owners, which is as regressive as it sounds
Stuff like this is why California’s fight for a Solar Bill of Rights matters. In Iowa, utilities are moving a “sunshine tax” through the state legislature. The bill, which is in front of the full House Commerce Committee, would impose fees of about $300 a year on solar customers underRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Reasonable and revolutionary: We look at the Solar Bill of Rights proposed in California
“Collaborate with the Independent System Operator” is a great phrase, one that should be heard more often in regards to a utility’s interaction with customers generating and/or storing their own renewable energy. It is a phrase you can find expertly woven into the Solar Bill of Rights, a bipartisan proposalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunpreme bifacial solar modules paired with Tigo’s optimizers in this carport, rooftop project
A shopping center located in the California Bay Area installed a carport and rooftop installations (totaling 750 kW) that paired Sunpreme‘s GxB380 SM Bifacial PV Panels with Tigo TS4-L (Long Strings) Optimizers, which came integrated with the modules. The DC-to-DC module integration with Tigo allows for longer PV string designs,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Dynamic Energy Solutions completes 2-MW rooftop solar system for Barrette Outdoor Living
Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC, a full-service solar energy solutions provider, completed a rooftop solar array on Barrette Outdoor Living’s manufacturing facility in Galloway, N.J. Dynamic Energy Solutions designed and built the system for Barrette, a North American manufacturer of vinyl and aluminum fencing, composite decking, residential and commercial railing, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine