Category: Green Building LEED News
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Illinois rooftop solar installs thriving in ComEd territory
The future of solar energy is bright in northern Illinois as ComEd today announced that more than 51,000 Distributed Energy Resources (DER) have been connected to its smart electric grid as of September, including more than 49,000 residential rooftop solar systems and related energy storage facilities. This is a substantial increase from 837 rooftop solar……
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Enphase IQ Battery 5P – the most powerful battery yet from Enphase
The IQ Battery 5P is an all-in-one, AC-coupled microinverter-based storage system and the most powerful Enphase Energy battery yet. With 3.84 kW continuous power and 7.68 kW peak power for three seconds, the IQ Battery 5P allows homeowners to start and operate power-hungry devices – like HVACS and pool pumps – during outages. It uses……
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IRA solar tax credit transfers explained for companies with low (or no) tax liability
This explainer was contributed by Laura Jones and Jason R. Eisenberg with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Richmond, Va. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) significantly altered the landscape for the transferability of energy tax credits. The IRA added Section 6418 to the Internal Revenue Code, which permits eligible taxpayers (transferors) to transfer (sell) certain renewable……
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Lightsource bp unveils 135 MW pollinator friendly solar farm in Arkansas
Lightsource bp and Conway Corp are celebrating the completion of the 135 MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Arkansas. In addition to supplying clean energy to customers of Conway Corp, which operates the city-owned utility system in Conway, Arkansas, the project also features a native pollinator garden. The solar farm will deliver home-grown, clean……
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MCE powers up California’s biggest solar + storage project to serve Bay Area homes
MCE is energizing its first utility-scale solar + storage project, which will be one of the largest operating solar and storage hybrid facilities in the country when complete. Clearway’s Daggett Solar-Plus-Storage in San Bernardino County generates 482 MW of solar, combined with 280 MW of energy storage. It supplies enough energy to power more than 181,000……