Tag: News
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SEPA’s Utility Solar Snapshot shows 15 percent growth, led by five emerging state markets
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)’s new report, the 2019 Utility Solar Market Snapshot, the educational non-profit found the U.S. solar market is still growing and notably expanding to new emerging state markets – there were 7.3 GWs interconnected in 2018, marking an 20.1% increase in total capacity overRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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NASA partners with Ameresco on solar project at Goddard Space Flight Center
Ameresco broke ground last week on a solar project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. The savings-funded solar renewable energy project will help NASA WFF to meet its ambitious energy-savings and sustainability goals. Designed to be completed in two phases, the project willRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sun Badger Solar makes big push into Minnesota solar installation market
One of the fastest growing solar companies in the Midwest, Sun Badger Solar, is expanding to Minnesota this spring. The renewable energy company already serves residential and commercial solar customers in Wisconsin, and Illinois, led by solar industry veteran, Ben Ganje. Sun Badger anticipates employing a dozen workers across stateRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Duke Energy trying out new solar energy program tailored to businesses, schools, nonprofits in Indiana
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a Duke Energy solar energy pilot program aimed at businesses, schools and nonprofits. “This program gives our business and nonprofit customers, including schools and local governments, another option to incorporate clean, renewable energy into their energy mix through a cost-effective leasing arrangement,” said StanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Steep-roof ballast racking, new PV cell concepts among 10 American-Made Solar Prize finalists
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) named the 10 finalists from Round 1 of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition aimed at revitalizing U.S. solar manufacturing. The range of innovations among the competitors include cell and device-related concepts as well as module and applicationRead More — Solar Builder magazine