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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Details on 11 MW solar portfolio now live throughout Washington D.C.

    WGL Energy Systems, a WGL company, joined Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and project partners today to commemorate the completion of a 11.8 megawatt (MW) solar system for Washington D.C.’s Department of General Services (DC DGS). The expansive portfolio of onsite solar projects, which includes electric capacity installed across 40Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Hawaiian Electric Company, U.S. Navy break ground on solar farm in O’ahu

    REC Solar and Hawaiian Electric Co. broke ground on a 20-megawatt (MW), fixed-tilt solar facility, located at the U.S. Navy’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex. Once completed, the West Loch solar farm will produce the lowest-cost renewable energy in the state at less than 8 cents per kilowatt-hour.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Wunder Capital to further scale solar lending platform after raising $112 million

    Wunder Capital, a financial technology company that provides financing solutions to commercial-scale solar energy projects across the United States, has raised $112 million in equity and debt financing to accelerate the growth of the company. The Colorado-based company connects individual and institutional investors with large-scale solar energy projects in needRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GTM: Global solar installations to top 100 GW in 2018 for first time

    The global solar PV market will add over 100 gigawatts of capacity for the first time in 2018. According to the latest Global Solar Demand Monitor from GTM Research, installations will reach 104 gigawatts this year, representing 6 percent annual growth. GTM Research analysts anticipate that annual installations will easilyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NREL update: The puzzle of scaling perovskite solar cells (and possible solutions)

    As perovskite solar cells set efficiency records and the nascent technology becomes more stable, another major challenge remains: the issue of scalability, according to researchers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). “It is scalable,” said Kai Zhu, a materials science researcher at NREL. “We just needRead More — Solar Builder magazine