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  • Watch: First-ever solar-powered music video (and the product behind it)

    Judging by the crowd at Battle of the Bands during Intersolar, the solar industry is into music. The organizers of Battle of the Bands may want to consider Minneapolis hip hop duo Atmosphere – featuring Slug and Ant, as headliners for 2016, as they have just released “the first-ever solar-poweredRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NRG Energy brings solar power to New Jersey non-profit

    NRG Energy is a pretty cool organization that tries to mix in some charitable good to complement the positives of installing renewable energy solutions. And they even invite fun people, like NFL linebackers, to come along on an installs. The latest news comes from NRG Global Giving, which joined forcesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out the design of this cool carport install at a New Mexico golf club

    Carports on their own make a statement about that commitment of that property toward clean energy. We have discussed them plenty here at Solar Builder, and will have another look at carport trends in our Sept/Oct issue. But we wanted to highlight this carport installation at the Santa Ana GolfRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Pattern Development completes $205M financing on 122 MW project in Chile

    Advancing into the solar power market, Pattern Energy Group LP announced the completion of approximately $205 million in project financing and the start of full construction on its Conejo Solar PV power project in Chile. The 122 MW Conejo Solar PV power project is being constructed approximately 30 kilometers east ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Distributed Sun forms solar tax equity fund for unrated credit off-takers

    Distributed Sun announced the formation of sunFIVE, a solar tax equity fund. Managed by DSUN, sunFIVE will invest in commercial and industrial solar assets primarily with unrated credit off-takers. The fund closed its first transaction in July and plans to deploy $50 million in tax equity through Dec. 31, 2016. InRead More — Solar Builder magazine