Category: Green Building LEED News
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Department of Energy boosts Sunshot funding by $82M after already hitting 2020 cost target
I hope it’s not morbid timing that all of these positive solar reports are coming out right before the Section trade case decision. NREL noted more sharp system cost declines in 2017, and now the U.S. Department of Energy says solar’s 2020 utility-scale solar cost target set by the SunShot Initiative hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Photos of Sollega-mounted solar install that survived Hurricane Irma
At Solar Power International, we chatted with Elie Rothschild, sales manager at Sollega, a leading commercial solar racking manufacture. He mentioned that Sollega’s injection molded FastRack 510 withstood 190 mph sustained (Category 5) winds of Hurricane Irma. Nearly 90 percent of the 900 kW array on the Westin Hotel areRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar system costs continued to fall across all sectors in first quarter 2017 (utility leading)
The installed cost of solar power fell to record lows in the first quarter of 2017 because of the continuing decline in photovoltaic (PV) module and inverter prices, higher module efficiency, and lower labor costs, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy LaboratoryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The Section 201 trade case ruling is this week, here’s a final update from SPI
This week, the solar industry finds out its fate. On Sept. 22 (at the latest), the ITC will announce whether it finds in favor of the Section 201 petitioners or not. As a final update on where things stand before that day, a panel of industry executives took the stage atRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California solar thermal incentive bill heads to governor’s desk
Timed perfectly with Solar Power International, the California Legislature passed AB 797 last week. With the bipartisan vote in the Assembly of 45-19 and the Senate’s bipartisan 30-10 vote last Tuesday, the bill now heads to the Governor for his signature. The bill extends consumer incentives for solar thermal technologiesRead More — Solar Builder magazine