Tag: News
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Meet Project Sunlight: A new model aimed at scaling multifamily solar
The International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST) was awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to develop and coordinate a new approach that partners with local utilities, multifamily affordable housing property owners, investors and other stakeholders, to create a shared solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Stanford researchers working on rooftop PV array that also cools buildings efficiently
Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. “We’ve built the first device that one day could make energy and save energy, in the same place and at the same time, by controlling two very different properties of light,” said Fan, senior author of an article appearingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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CleanCapital forms partnership with BlackRock to drive new clean energy capital
CleanCapital announced a new partnership with BlackRock’s global renewable power platform with the closing of a 46.9 MW portfolio of solar assets from ATN International, Inc. subsidiary, Ahana Renewables. The portfolio consists of 60 operating solar projects located in California, Massachusetts and New Jersey. The acquisition is CleanCapital’s largest toRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Russelectric debuts new energy controller for distributed generation systems
Russelectric, a manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems and solutions, released a new Russelectric Distributed Energy Controller (RDEC). RDEC is a fully integrated controller for complex, mission critical distributed energy systems, ranging from back-up generation and demand management to fully functional microgrids. At the core of eachRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Caterpillar to start selling Cat-branded SunPower solar panels through its distribution network
SunPower is now providing high-efficiency SunPower Performance Series (P-Series) solar panels under the Caterpillar brand. Offered as part of the Cat Hybrid Energy Solutions suite, the monocrystalline, shingled-cell Cat PVC395 MP solar panels are currently available through the Cat dealer network in Southeast Asia, Africa, South America, and the MiddleRead More — Solar Builder magazine