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  • Details on solar project underway at Michael David Winery

    The Michael David Winery completed phase 1 of its solar install at its Highway 12 and Bare Ranch locations in Lodi, Calif. Having prided themselves for years on their sustainable growing practices, the winery now looks to expand their sustainability platform. Fusion Power Design, based in Lodi, engineered and installed theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • $80,000 grant awarded to expand community solar program in New England

    The Energy Clinic at the Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE) at Vermont Law School announced an $80,000 grant from The John Merck Fund, enabling faculty and student clinicians to expand the reach of their community solar work throughout New England. The grant, which covers a 12-month period, fundsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • First Solar books big utility-scale community solar deployment

    Utility-scale solar powerhouse First Solar says it has sales bookings of 121 MW DC of advanced technology thin film modules that will be used in utility-based community solar installations in the United States. First Solar did not disclose the owner or offtaker of the projects, many of which are still in development andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New floating marine science barge in Miami powered by PV

    A group of renewable energy system suppliers donated their components and expertise to a cool new floating marine lab and environmental education center in Miami, called the Miami Science Barge. The Miami Science Barge, a 3,600-sq-ft barge docked in the Museum Park in Biscayne Bay, was designed to focus onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • U.S. solar policy update: 42 states take action (24 involving net metering)

    Solar is a hot topic around the country as regulators, legislators and utilities all try and figure out the best way to approach this new, disruptive industry. Nearly every state in the union took some solar policy action in Q2 2016 — 42 states and the District of Columbia, toRead More — Solar Builder magazine