Tag: projects
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Alliant Energy launches first community solar project in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Alliant Energy is launching its first community solar project. The solar garden will be located near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, nestled along the south side of state Highway 151, just to the west of the intersection with Hickory Road. Alliant Energy expects to start construction on the 1-megawatt community solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Lovin’ it: McDonald’s completes three new virtual PPAs (including a solar portfolio)
In 2019, McDonald’s USA signed two long-term VPPA transactions, one wind and one solar, located in Texas. Now, with the addition of three more deals, McDonald’s is positioned to become a corporate leader in adding more renewable energy to the nation’s power supply. The three new projects, two wind farms andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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San Diego Jewish Academy starts on 800 kWh solar project
San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a pluralistic community K-12 school with a thriving early childhood center, has marked a major milestone in the school’s ambitious Sustainability Initiative with the beginning of staging for its 800 kilowatt hour campus solar project, further placing the school on the road to self sustainability.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on microgrid energy resiliency research program funded by U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research
Stony Brook University researchers, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, will be investigating ways to make energy generation, storage and system operation more efficient, reliable and resilient, particularly in microgrid settings such as shore-based environments, under a new program funded by the United States Navy Office ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Six Clearway community solar projects start construction across Illinois
Clearway Energy Group says construction is now underway on six of its Illinois community solar projects, totaling 18 megawatts of Clearway’s 60 megawatts Illinois community solar portfolio. The projects are part of an 18-project, 54 megawatts portfolio sold to Clearway in 2019 under a master purchase agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables,Read More — Solar Builder magazine