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  • AET accounts for 145 mph winds in 5-MW installation in Puerto Rico

    Applied Energy Technologies (AET) completed a 5 MW solar installation project with Rosendin Construction Puerto Rico, LLC in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The modules installed for the project are Hanwha Q Cells 300W. The project will bring power to a Medtronic Pharmaceuticals facility. “It is a privilege to be selected forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michigan’s Consumers Energy completes first solar power plant install

    Consumers Energy completed installation of its first solar power plant — a 17-acre array of 11,000 Michigan-made solar panels at Grand Valley State University that produces electricity for Michigan homes and businesses. “We are pleased to energize Michigan with new, renewable sources of energy,” said John Russell, president and CEORead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunPower, Con Edison creating ‘virtual power plant’ via distributed PV + battery systems in New York

    Beginning this summer, Con Edison and SunPower Corp. will partner on a pilot program to offer solar power systems with battery storage to more than 300 New York homeowners. The aggregation of hundreds of homes with solar power and battery storage will provide the utility with a cost-effective and innovativeRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar industry rallies in Colorado to fight Xcel Energy rate proposals

    Xcel Energy, a utility in Colorado, has proposed increasing fixed charges for all customers while reducing charges on energy used. Xcel also plans to introduce demand charges for residential customers, which up until now have only applied to large commercial and industrial customers. Like similar proposals brought about by otherRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Huge solar + storage system (7 MW) powered by LG Chem

    S&C Electric Co. is making one of the largest solar and energy storage systems in the United States, and to do so, commissioned a 7-MW/3 MWh battery energy system from LG Chem. Commercial operation of the system will be run by its owner Half Moon Ventures (HMV), a renewable energy company, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine