Category: Green Building LEED News
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CleanChoice Energy is teaming with Swell Energy to launch a residential energy storage program
Last year, more than 36.7 million people–including 88,000 Marylanders–were affected by 3,526 reported power outages across the country. CleanChoice Energy, a renewable energy company that provides clean energy products to customers across the country, has partnered with Swell Energy to offer home energy storage batteries to Maryland residents for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolAmerica Energy goes with SolarFlex Rack TDP 2.0 trackers for eight Georgia projects
SolAmerica Energy installed Solar FlexRack’s new TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers in eight solar projects located across the state of Georgia. The new Solar FlexRack 2.0 Tracker with BalanceTrac introduces a technology that increases overall system efficiency, array design options and enables increased energy yield. The TDP 2.0 Tracker design expandsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Can solar panels reach 50-year lifespans? These researchers are working on it
A team of solar energy researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been awarded $1.35 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to continue its work toward increasing the efficiency and lifetime of photovoltaic modules—specifically aimed at pushing their lifespan to 50 years.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Largest solar power plant in the southeastern U.S. sold to Origis Energy
Origis Energy acquired the GA Solar 4 Project from First Solar, a 200 MWac solar asset located in Twiggs County, Ga. This is expected to be the largest solar power plant in the southeastern United States when completed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Origis will sell all energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Statewide Renewable and RP Construction Services build 1.2-MW solar site in South Texas
RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and Texas EPC Statewide Renewable announce the completion of a 1.2 MW solar site in southern Texas. McAllen Ranch, the home of this new solar site owned by Los Faroles, LLC, is one of the oldest continuously owned tracts of land in the United States. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine