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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Thin-film PV company Sunflare readies production boost with big equipment purchase order

    Thin-film PV could be on the upswing in the U.S. residential solar sector. Swedish solar energy company Midsummer has received an order from Sunflare for equipment for the production of thin film solar cells worth over $7 million. The production equipment will be installed at a new solar panel factoryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Will floating PV start trending? NREL estimates its potential in the U.S.

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floatingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How Sunrise Solar saved H.D. Myles farms $160,000 on its yearly electric bills

    Sunrise Solar is a locally owned and operated solar designer and installer in Chestertown, MD. It specializes in agricultural solar solutions throughout Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. In May 2018 it commissioned a 994-kW ground-mount system for H.D. Myles farms in Maryland. The goal was simple – to shave theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Top 10 Solar Builder articles from 2018

    The solar industry had a so-so year because of the tariffs, but the Solar Builder offices are busier than ever. From calling out local jurisdictions on lax solar policies to understanding the current bifacial module market, this collection of features, live coverage, podcasts and downloadable reports sums up the year that wasRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Huge commercial solar rooftop system installed at New Jersey-based Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals

    Suntuity, a global turnkey solar energy solutions provider headquartered in central New Jersey, has delivered one of the state’s largest contiguous rooftop solar PV systems at Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals’ new half a million square-foot warehouse facility in East Windsor. The installation compliments Aurobindo’s continued commitment to sustainability and reducing their carbonRead More — Solar Builder magazine