Tag: News
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DOE’s Solar in Your Community Challenge shows how many cool strategies exist to deploy solar energy
The Solar in Your Community Challenge is an awesome $5 million prize competition sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office to incentivize the development of new approaches to expand access to solar energy. This year’s competition (from May 2017 to October 2018) resulted in some really cool approachesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Maine legislators seek to expand state’s solar industry via community solar in new bill
Maine has lagged behind the other Northeastern states the last five years in solar energy adoption, mainly due to indecisive and regressive renewable energy policy. This is now starting to change. Earlier this year, the state’s new governor, Janet Mills, signed legislation to end the previous regime’s gross net meteringRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Cape Fear Solar is the first solar installer to offer the ‘Smart Load Center’ breaker box
The Koolbridge Solar SMART LOAD CENTER is an intelligent breaker box that pairs with solar panels, giving the ability to prioritize solar energy as the main source to power a home. It also minimizes reliance on the electrical grid and creates a method to truly harness the unlimited power fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Hanover, New Hampshire adds solar array to roof of town hall
A 16.64-kilowatt rooftop solar array recently installed at the Town Hall in Hanover, N.H., is demonstrating the municipality’s commitment to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The grid-tied system includes 52 solar panels and will generate approximately 17,000 hours of clean energy each year. ReVision Energy, a local employee-owned solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Hanover, New Hampshire adds solar array to roof of town hall
A 16.64-kilowatt rooftop solar array recently installed at the Town Hall in Hanover, N.H., is demonstrating the municipality’s commitment to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The grid-tied system includes 52 solar panels and will generate approximately 17,000 hours of clean energy each year. ReVision Energy, a local employee-owned solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine