Category: Green Building LEED News
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Wells Fargo commits $5 million to GRID Alternatives’ Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
Wells Fargo is committing $5 million over three years to support solar projects in tribal communities across the U.S. The donation to nonprofit GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making solar technology and training accessible to underserved communities, supports the founding of GRID’s new Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund. The fundRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunlight Financial adds Solaria PowerXT modules to vendor list
Sunlight Financial, a national platform for residential solar and energy storage lending, have added Solaria’s PowerXT modules to the company’s approved vendor list. “Sunlight Financial recognizes that the PowerXT module is one of the industry’s bankable solar products,” said Solaria CEO Suvi Sharma. “Combining Sunlight Financial’s loan products with Solaria’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Ascent Solar Technologies nets DOE funding for thin-film, CIGS solar cell development
Thin-film photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Ascent Solar Technologies has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for two exclusive development projects. As part of the awards, worth up to $100,000 each, Ascent Solar is to work toward commercialization of sputtered Zn(O,S) buffers in flexible CIGS solar cells and alsoRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California passes roadmap to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045: Boosts to storage, multi-family PV
California is changing the renewable energy game yet again, sending a series of bills to the governor’s desk that will drive energy storage adoption, multi-family installs and get California to be 100 percent renewable by 2045. SB 700 For years now Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California SolarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Silfab Solar partners with Itek Energy to boost U.S. solar panel manufacturing
PV manufacturer Silfab Solar is making a direct investment into Itek Energy LLC to initiate U.S. operations and to meet the growing demand for its solar panels. The investment brings together two big time North American PV companies and provides Silfab with additional manufacturing capacity at a facility already knownRead More — Solar Builder magazine