Tag: commercial
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Pull the alarm: Rooftop solar fires are on the rise, studies point to two possible causes
Solar PV system-caused fires are rare, but they are on the rise in the United States. The numbers here are hard to track down, but Lawrence Shaw, owner of Higher Powered LLC, a residential solar preventive maintenance company in Arizona, reached out to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), dug throughRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Fast track solar projects with this cool, ‘Turbo-Tax’-simple Originator Engine, loan program
Raise Green is an investment marketplace for green infrastructure and clean energy projects, and this week it has launched a ‘Turbo Tax-like’ platform that will simplify the paperwork to build a solar project and help crowdfund the financing to get it built. The solution, Originator Engine, was developed in partnershipRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This commercial solar project blends public art, on-site generation in Minneapolis’ Uptown
From Energy News Network: MoZaic East’s developers worked with artists, engineers, designers and architects to create an 8-story, block-long solar installation unlike any other that now overlooks Minneapolis’ busy Uptown neighborhood. Wavy ribbons of tilted panels, each colored in checkerboard patterns of gray and purple, run the length of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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HOLT Renewables adds solar atop this industrial laundry facility in Texas
UniFirst, one of North America’s largest uniform and workwear services companies, is now generating solar power at its industrial laundry facility in San Antonio, Texas. HOLT Renewables, a local commercial solar contractor, performed the design, engineering, and construction of the 232.5 kilowatt rooftop solar system, which will offset more thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Three policy pathways to climate and COVID recovery through renewable energy
Clean energy can fuel economic recovery. Large commercial and industrial (C&I) energy buyers, like corporations with ambitious clean energy goals, are demanding the ability to purchase renewable energy to power their operations and facilities with limited success due to persistent market and regulatory barriers. Voluntary corporate purchases of renewable energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine