Tag: projects

  • Freedom Solar installs two PV systems for Texas candy company

    Those sour green apple candies at Alamo Candy Company are getting a lot greener. Freedom Solar Power recently designed and installed two new solar projects for Alamo Candy, one of the largest candy manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers in San Antonio. Freedom Solar completed a 100.8-kilowatt solar array comprised ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Largest solar rooftop project in Illinois installed atop IKEA distribution center

    The largest solar rooftop project in Illinois is now complete, sitting atop IKEA’s Midwest distribution center in Joliet, Ill. Combined with arrays atop the Chicago-area IKEA stores in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg, this third project will make IKEA the owner of three of the state’s largest solar rooftop installations. The distribution center’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • H&H Solar completes largest solar project in Iowa

    H&H Solar completed two of their latest solar energy projects in Iowa. For both projects, H&H Solar provided the design, engineering, construction and final installation. The West Dubuque project, now the largest and most powerful solar energy location in Iowa, is a 5 MWdc ground mount installation sitting on a 22Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fifth largest public transit system in the country signs 45-MW power purchase agreement

    Recurrent Energy LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, signed a 20-year power purchase agreement  for 45 MWac of solar power with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the fifth largest public transit network in the country and one of the largest consumers of electric power in Northern California. The BARTRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out this 1.6-MW solar install for California’s Gilroy Unified School District

    If you need a reminder of the booming solar + school trend, Gilroy Unified School District (GUSD), a K-12 school district with more than 11,300 students, just completed a 1.6 MW PV system PPA expected to save $1.5 million in energy costs over 25 years. The three solar shade structure installations atRead More — Solar Builder magazine