Tag: News
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SunDAT solar site modeling tool now includes solar project cost estimation, financial projections
With every week seeming to bring a new record low PPA price to the PV industry, extracting every cent of value from a project is crucial. Last year, FTC Solar’s introduction of the SunDAT Web Service brought cloud-based PV design software to connected users wherever they are, facilitating rapid generationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bullet dodged or delayed? California’s new home solar mandate still on track after CEC passes on SMUD proposal
Not sure if you noticed, but California’s new home solar mandate is almost here (we’ve only written like 20,000 words on it so far, with more coming this week), but some homebuilders and utilities are still not that thrilled about it. Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) being the most notable afterRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar advocates call for LIPA to reverse decision that will end community solar on Long Island
A coalition of over 40 elected officials, industry organizations, environmental groups, public advocates and electricity ratepayers gathered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum last week to call on the Long Island Power Authority to reverse its recent decision to devalue compensation for community solar by almost 30 percent. The communityRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolarOne details new resiliency-focused New York solar projects
Whether triggered by unprecedented storms, heatwaves or wildfires, blackouts are becoming increasingly common and hazardous. New Yorkers who weathered Superstorm Sandy understand better than most how challenging disaster recovery can be when the grid fails. But thanks to a new approach to disaster recovery, a few NYC community centers areRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower offers 22 million shares in public stock offering
SunPower Corporation is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, 22 million shares of its common stock through an underwritten public offering. SunPower also intends to grant the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement, to purchase up to anRead More — Solar Builder magazine