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  • Vermont Technical College to install 500-kW solar farm

    Vermont Technical College will further its use of renewable energy and help reduce its operating costs while providing the institution new educational opportunities with the installation of a 500-kW solar farm. This month, the 500-kW project was awarded its Certificate of Public Good by the Vermont Public Service Board, green-lightingRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunPower to install 5.2-MW PV systems across UCSB campus

    SunPower Corp. and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), announced plans for 5.2-MW (DC) of SunPower systems to be installed on rooftops and in parking lots on the university’s campus. UCSB will buy the electricity produced by the systems at a competitive rate under a long-term power purchase agreement withRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Ginlong Solis provides string inverters to the world’s largest solar canopy

    Recently, news spreads out that the world’s largest solar canopy will be built at Hangzhou Bay in China. It was said that this solar canopy will have an installed capacity of 55 MW upon completion and 20,000 parking lots the size of 20 soccer fields for sheltering the finished carRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solect Energy installs 537-kW system atop JLS Mailing Services

    JLS Mailing Services, one of New England’s largest presort mailing and printing companies, has partnered with Solect Energy of Hopkinton, Mass., to install a 537 kilowatt (kW) solar energy system on the roof of its Brockton facility. The solar array is expected to cover up to 80% of the company’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GameChange says Grid-Lite Roof System ‘virtually eliminates’ ballast

    Over the last six months, GameChange Racking‘s Grid-Lite Roof System has achieved growth of over 100 percent. The new system has been such a hit that GameChange is quadrupling manufacturing capacity to match the dramatic growth rate. So, what is Grid-Lite? “Grid-Lite has the lowest wind uplift of any roof racking system, makingRead More — Solar Builder magazine