Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Nautilus Solar debuting 13-MW of community solar in Minnesota

    Nautilus Solar Energy LLC will be cutting the ribbon on a portfolio of 13.3-MW of community solar projects in, surprise: Minnesota, a leading state for community solar. The solar projects are part of Xcel Energy’s Solar*Rewards Community Program and are 100 percent subscribed by a diverse set of regional customersRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • CleanFund eases C&I PACE financing with new partner program launch at Intersolar

    CleanFund is unveiling a new SolarPACE Partner Program along with other new tools, resources and partnerships designed to foster growth in the commercial solar industry at Intersolar July 10-12, booth 7119. The SolarPACE Partner Program will provide additional levels of support for commercial project developers, such as tools and resourcesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Assess solar + storage’s value in terms of facility resilience

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) updated its publicly available online solar+storage optimization tool, REopt Lite, which can be used to determine the sizing of resilient power technologies designed to support critical services. Recent disasters in places such as Puerto Rico, where widespread outages contributed to devastating loss of life, underscore howRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunCommon receives new credit facility from Citizens Commercial Banking

    Citizens Commercial Banking is providing a new credit facility for SunCommon, Vermont’s largest provider of residential, community and commercial solar systems. The funds will fuel growth after SunCommon’s acquisition of Rhinebeck, N.Y.-based solar provider Hudson Solar. “We really value Citizens Bank as a great banking partner for our growing business,”Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar FlexRack trackers trending up, doubling sales over last year

    Solar FlexRack reports that its solar tracker sales have doubled in the first half of the year over last year’s sales. Solar FlexRack is closing double-digit megawatt sales of their new TDP 2.0 Solar Tracker and has expanded their product lines to deliver more options for solar power plants’ performance.Read More — Solar Builder magazine