Category: Green Building LEED News
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Bidirectional EV charging is a big deal, but is it ready to roll?
When Ford unveiled the Lightning F150 in May of 2021, it revealed something fundamentally different: it was not just an EV, it was a battery on wheels. As someone who has sat through power outages with the equivalent of four Powerwalls-worth of batteries parked in my driveway, useless, Ford did what seems obvious now: it……
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BLUETTI’s new ESS helps California homeowners combat NEM 3.0 revenue losses
Effective on April 14, 2023, NEM 3.0 has changed the solar landscape in California. It has moved from offering a credit equivalent to the retail electricity rate for exported solar production to a time-of-use rate structure. This means that solar energy sold to the grid during off-peak hours will earn lower returns, while energy sold……
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Next Generation Residential Inverters
The GoodWe A-ES Series is a split-phase hybrid inverter designed to increase self-consumption of your generated solar energy. GoodWe A-ES is compatible with high voltage (80-495V) batteries with a power capacity ranging from 5 kW to 9.6 kW. With up to 4 MPPTs, the A-ES inverter seamlessly adapts to complex residential rooftops. Equipped with rapid……
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Longroad breaks ground on 377 MW Sun Streams 4 solar + storage project
Longroad Energy has started construction on the Sun Streams 4 project in Maricopa County, Arizona. The project will deliver 377 MWdc of PV and 300 MWac / 1,200 MWh of storage and is expected to achieve commercial operations by mid-2025. Longroad, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, recently closed on the financing for……
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First Citizens, Spearmint Energy funding battery storage projects | Solar Financing Spotlight
First Citizens Bank is helping to fund a 200 MW energy storage project in California, while Spearmint Energy has secured tax equity for a 150 MW storage project Texas. Learn more about these initiatives along with other funding news in our latest Solar Financing Spotlight. To start off, First Citizens Bank’s Energy Finance business has served……