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  • RMI: Solar saves carbon faster, more effectively than nuclear power

    Renewable electricity, chiefly from wind and solar power, adds electricity generation and saves carbon faster than nuclear power does or ever has, according to a data-rich new study by Amory Lovins and three colleagues at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The peer-reviewed scientific paper, “Relative deployment rates of renewable and nu-clearRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Canadian Solar sells three SoCal solar projects (235 MW) to Korean electric utility

    Canadian Solar’s wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy finalized the sale of three Southern California solar projects totaling 235 MWac to The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), South Korea’s largest electric utility with an installed capacity of 79 GW. The acquired assets are located in the Astoria (100 MWac), Astoria 2Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • S-5! partners with distributor Unistrut to sell its solar clamps and snow retention systems

    S-5! has announced a partnership with North American distributor Unistrut, where Unistrut Ohio will offer the complete line of S-5! zero-penetration clamps and snow retention systems. S-5! manufactures clamps for attaching ancillary items to standing seam metal roofs. “We are happy to be the newest member of the S-5! distributionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Price Points: How much will tariffs increase the costs of residential solar?

    Now that the #TrumpTariffs are in place, we know that utility-scale solar will take a hit. GTM Research is expecting an 11 percent decrease in U.S. solar PV installations over the next five years — 7.6 GW reduction from pre-tariff expectations, 65 percent of which is in utility-scale. But optimismRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • This Virginia energy bill calls for 5.5 GW of solar, wind projects

    Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law the 2018 omnibus energy bill that encourages the growth of renewable energy in the Commonwealth, designating 5.5 gigawatts of solar and wind energy to be in the public interest and initiating a process to modernize the state’s power grid to make adoptionRead More — Solar Builder magazine