Tag: News
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8minute Solar Energy closes credit facility for its 18-GW solar, storage pipeline
8minute Solar Energy closed a $225 million letter of credit (LC) facility from a consortium of five banks, led by CIT as sole coordinating lead arranger with partners KeyBank, HSBC, Rabobank and Nomura Holdings. 8minute will use the LC facility to cost effectively post securities for its power purchase agreementsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunSpec: Smart inverter communication now a national standard, here’s what comes next
On May 21, 2020, the IEEE 1547.1-2020 standard was officially published, making smart inverters with standard communication interfaces the official U.S. national standard for Distributed Energy Resources (DER). This news comes via the SunSpec Alliance, a trade alliance of more than 100 solar and storage distributed energy industry participants that isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunSpec: Smart inverter communication now a national standard, here’s what comes next
On May 21, 2020, the IEEE 1547.1-2020 standard was officially published, making smart inverters with standard communication interfaces the official U.S. national standard for Distributed Energy Resources (DER). This news comes via the SunSpec Alliance, a trade alliance of more than 100 solar and storage distributed energy industry participants that isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Nearmap adds AI analysis to its high-definition aerial images
Nearmap announced the general availability of new innovation Nearmap Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mapbrowser, making it the first aerial imagery provider to offer both AI analysis and high-definition, frequently updated aerial images on a commercial scale. Nearmap AI datasets will allow users to automatically identify ground features, from tree overhangRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SEIA: “Today we unequivocally say Black Lives Matter”
Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), issued a statement on racial injustices and the group’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion: “Following the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other brown and black colleagues, friends, and family, weRead More — Solar Builder magazine