Tag: News
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Meet Totem: A platform that combines distributed generation, comm and EV into one product
Hold on to your socks — Totem thinks it has reimagined and redesigned the smart utility with its new platform. “Totem believes design can fundamentally change the world. We’re on a mission to realize the full potential of energy’s transformation by providing communities and corporations with intelligent, experiential and engagingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How a community (solar) comes together: Details on Idaho’s first 500-kW community solar install
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is approving an Idaho Power application to build a 500-kilowatt community solar project in southeast Boise. The $1.16 million single-axis solar project on the southwest corner of Amity and Holcomb roads will allow up to 1,093 residential customers and 470 non-residential customers to buy oneRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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EnergySage beefs up financing options in its system with BlueWave, Renew, Wunder
As solar equipment and installation costs continue to fall, system ownership has become more accessible thanks to increasingly attractive solar loan options. Today, most solar loans quoted in the EnergySage Marketplace are conveniently offered to consumers via the installers themselves. However, since not all installers offer all loan products, someRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SEIA releases Diversity Best Practices Guide for solar industry
With solar on track to become the most diverse energy source in America, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a Diversity Best Practices Guide for the Solar Industry – a guiding tool for organizations looking to implement diversity goals. Complete with recruitment best practices, leadership tips and retentionRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New report offers plan to help states maximize solar power
As interest in residential rooftop solar expands, utility commissions need to consider how to encourage solar growth while treating all customers — solar and non-solar alike — fairly. Can both goals be met simultaneously? Yes, but too few policymakers have the tools necessary to make informed decisions that meet thoseRead More — Solar Builder magazine