Tag: Countdown to 2020
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Reasonable and revolutionary: We look at the Solar Bill of Rights proposed in California
“Collaborate with the Independent System Operator” is a great phrase, one that should be heard more often in regards to a utility’s interaction with customers generating and/or storing their own renewable energy. It is a phrase you can find expertly woven into the Solar Bill of Rights, a bipartisan proposalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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CALSSA: These five barriers keep solar + storage from max potential as a grid resource
The California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) released a white paper detailing barriers that prevent customer-sited solar and storage from maximizing its potential as a grid resource. The white paper describes opportunities for distributed resources to provide value to the electric grid and the environment, along with program improvements thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Countdown to 2020, part 1: The role solar plays in California’s new building efficiency standards
Installment 1: New Builds, New You Enter the Twilight Zone with me. Tomorrow, we wake up in a reality where solar energy is a standard component of all new homes built across the United States. Between that day and 2026, more solar energy capacity would be installed on just newRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How SDC Energy is getting apartment owners to profit from the California Solar Mandate
SDC Energy, a leading provider of commercial solar financing, launched its Powering Title 24 Program with partners Baja Construction and Grid Technologies to specifically empower apartment builders and owners under California’s New Build mandate. California is the first state in the country to require solar energy on all new residentialRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Stanford researchers working on rooftop PV array that also cools buildings efficiently
Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. “We’ve built the first device that one day could make energy and save energy, in the same place and at the same time, by controlling two very different properties of light,” said Fan, senior author of an article appearingRead More — Solar Builder magazine