Tag: News
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Michigan’s first commercial-scale solar + storage system up and running via Consumers Energy
Michigan’s first ever rooftop solar array and battery storage system debuted last week in the growing area of Grand Rapids. Nearly 1,800 solar panels atop the Bridge Street Market and adjoining buildings between Bridge and First Streets within the Circuit West district are accompanied nearby by a 500-kilowatt battery. “Today, thereRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunpreme bifacial solar panels deployed at Sports Center project by JDS Power
JDS Power, a Calif.-based developer/installer, and Sunpreme Inc., completed a commercial rooftop and carport solar system at Sports Center in Escondido, Calif. The 650-kW PV system deployed Sunpreme’s GxB320 SM panels with bifacial technology and integrated panel optimizer. “There was only one panel design capable of meeting the energy productionRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How four Midwest states boosted residential solar installations via Solarize group buys
The Solarize programs included in the Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Solar Group Buy have helped 482 property owners in four states add 3.8 MW of solar electric generating capacity to their homes, farms, organizations, and businesses, more than doubling the organization’s solar group buy results to date. How it workedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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ForeFront Power connects community solar to National Grid and Rochester Gas & Electric service territory
ForeFront Power’s first Community Solar projects in New York are now operational for subscribers across National Grid and Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) service territories. The nine projects, representing 27 megawatts (MW) of capacity, are the first of a portfolio of over 75 MW across New York expected to beRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Countdown to 2020, part 1: The role solar plays in California’s new building efficiency standards
Installment 1: New Builds, New You Enter the Twilight Zone with me. Tomorrow, we wake up in a reality where solar energy is a standard component of all new homes built across the United States. Between that day and 2026, more solar energy capacity would be installed on just newRead More — Solar Builder magazine