Category: Green Building LEED News
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Three takeaways from SEIA white paper on financing C&I solar with C-PACE
The commercial and industrial (C&I) sector remains the biggest opportunity for solar, but also the most frustrating to finance. We looked at some boutique financing concepts in our Sept./Oct. issue, and last week the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Alta Energy jointly released a white paper highlighting an underutilized financing tool: CommercialRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How OMRON reduces solar module PID potential through its inverter topology
Potential induced degradation (PID) of a solar module — you know it, and you hate it. We met with string inverter manufacturer OMRON at Solar Power International, which claimed its inverter can actually prevent PV degradation from PID. They explained it like this: Grounding module frames causes a voltage differenceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Mosaic completes largest solar loan securitization to date
Mosaic, a leading U.S. provider of solar loan financing solutions for homeowners, completed its second term securitization of residential solar loans. The Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 transaction is the largest solar loan securitization issued to date, with $307.5 million in bonds sold across four tranches. MSAIC 2017-2 generated over $1.7Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Mosaic completes largest solar loan securitization to date
Mosaic, a leading U.S. provider of solar loan financing solutions for homeowners, completed its second term securitization of residential solar loans. The Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 transaction is the largest solar loan securitization issued to date, with $307.5 million in bonds sold across four tranches. MSAIC 2017-2 generated over $1.7Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower gets approval to use drones in regulated air spaces to survey solar sites
SunPower Corp. has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for automatic access to operate a drone in regulated airspace over controlled airports. The new access category, called Low Altitude Authorization Capability (LAANC), was released this month in a beta test at four airports including San Jose (SJC),Read More — Solar Builder magazine