Tag: News
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California’s largest solar project for low-income communities starts construction
Construction has begun on the Fresno Disadvantaged Community (DAC) Solar Farm, the largest shared solar project for disadvantaged communities in California and the first utility-scale solar farm within Fresno. The 10 MW system will provide energy cost savings directly to qualifying low-income residents under PG&E’s Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (DAC-GT) Program. The project was made……
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Great solar marketing idea from All Energy Solar: Beer
To welcome the sunny summer season, Minnesota solar installer All Energy Solar is bringing back a great solar marketing / education event series: the Suds and Solar Power Hour. These evening events are opportunities for folks in the community to learn about solar energy and have a discussion about its benefits while enjoying a beer……
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Kraken contracts with Tenaska, its first U.S. licensing deal
Kraken Technologies (part of the Al Gore-backed Octopus Energy Group) signed its first deal in the U.S. with energy manager Tenaska Power Services (TPS). The initial implementation will manage certain TPS customer battery sites in Texas but could grow across the company’s US portfolio. Via a cloud-based platform, Kraken enables energy companies to unlock the……
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Installer perception problems and more resi solar market insight from The Buzz
On the latest edition of Solar Builder Buzz, Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell is joined by Sarah Kim, VP of marketing at Aurora Solar, to discuss their Solar Industry Snapshot, which included data from their database of over six million projects, a survey of 1, 000 U.S. homeowners and a pulse check of nearly 1,000 U.S. solar……
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Opis Renewables opens renewable energy training center with turnkey O&M services
As renewable energy continues to see dramatic growth in the United States, there has been a resulting, and concerning shortage of trained and qualified wind, solar and battery storage technicians to meet that growth. To fill that gap, operations and maintenance (O&M) provider Opis Renewables announced the launch of its turnkey concierge training program. This……