Tag: projects
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Solar for All: How to incentivize community solar projects to benefit low-, middle-income customers
Community solar has taken off within the renewable energy development leagues, melding the interests of residential and commercial or industrial customers, as well as the local utilities. While the inclusion of low- and middle-income (LMI) residential customers are widely enabled by state legislation on community solar, specific carve-outs or percentageRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pile Problems: How Landwehr mounted 10-MW of community solar after 80 percent pile refusal
The team at Landwehr Construction encountered one of its toughest community solar installs in Eastern Minnesota thanks to 25-plus ft of weathered sandstone underneath 18-in. of top soil. Landwehr Construction started pounding pile on the larger of the two sites but had a refusal rate of about 80 percent onRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Innovative Solar Systems says ‘overwhelming demand’ for its utility-scale solar farms is pushing up prices
Innovative Solar Systems currently has two featured solar farm portfolios per month in the 500 MW-1 GW size range for interested utility-scale solar buyers. According to Innovative Solar, these portfolios typically afford buyers 13 percent IRR’s or higher and these deals sell quickly due to demand in the Solar Farm asset marketRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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RES completes 3-MW solar project in Saguache County, Colo.
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) completed construction of the Penitente Solar Project, a 3-MW installation in Saguache County, Colo., providing power to the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (SLVREC). RES developed, constructed and will operate and maintain the distributed solar photovoltaic system in South Central Colorado. AEP OnSite Partners ownsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Three community solar projects break ground in Massachusetts
Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the nation’s leading community solar developer and solutions provider, has broken ground on three new community solar facilities in Massachusetts, adding a combined 4 MW of new generation to the Commonwealth’s mounting shared renewables portfolio. Located in the communities of Millis, Rochester, and Wendell, the projectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine