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  • Check out this livestream of a 2-MW Farmers Electric Cooperative solar install

    Follow Farmers is the story of how Farmers Electric Cooperative in the small Iowa town of Kalona installed nearly 2 MW of solar. The entire construction of this historic solar array is currently streaming live at followfarmers.solar or just sit back and watch it above. Farmers Electric Cooperative partnered withRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Which retailer tops the list for solar installed capacity in 2016?

    Target has grabbed the top spot among American businesses that are going solar. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) revealed Target’s ascension to the top of the list in its 2016 Solar Means Business report, which found that more American businesses are installing solar than ever before. Adding more solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out this fly over of the new solar system at Green Acres Farm via Yaskawa-Solectria

    Yaskawa-Solectria sent along this cool overhead look at one of its latest installations at Green Acres Farm in Wapato, Wash. Project size is kW. The inverter of choice for this project (via distributor Solora Solar) was the PVI 36TL. These are compact, transformerless three-phase inverters with a dual MPP tracker.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Top solar projects of the week (Sept. 19-23 edition)

    Swiss Re to build solar power plant for Americas’ headquarters At the beginning of Climate Week NYC, Swiss Re announces concrete plans to further reduce the carbon footprint of its US-based operations by building and operating its own solar power plant at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Armonk, New York. ConstructionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Details on cool AC, DC nanogrid installation on Illinois Institute campus

    An innovative AC/DC nanogrid at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Keating Sports Center was just completed by a team of Aquion Energy, manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion batteries and energy storage systems, Schneider Electric, specialist in energy management and automation, and Azimuth Energy, a solar-energy and energy-efficiency engineering and construction company.Read More — Solar Builder magazine