Category: Green Building LEED News
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LONGi surpasses theoretical efficiency limit for single junction solar cell
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. reports a new world record for the efficiency of crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells: 33.9%. It is reported that the previous world record was 33.7% and conducted by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in May this year. According to the latest certification report of the U.S. National……
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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……