Tag: Government
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SolarCity completes 4.7-MW solar project for Army family housing
More than 18,000 solar panels were installed at Army family housing thanks to Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity. The solar panels are installed on multi-family housing, community centers and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland and Fort Carson, Colo., to provide power to approximately 1,200 housing units across the twoRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on funding of new solar, grid technology awarded by Energy Department
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will play key roles in a variety of projects recently funded by the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). NREL’s innovative approaches have received five awards across three different ARPA-E programs for advancing transformational technologies to generate, store, and use energy moreRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How big is the ITC extension? How about 54% install increase through 2020
As the solar industry eagerly awaits the outcome of the omnibus spending bill that includes a five-year extension to the solar investment tax credit (ITC), there is not much left to do other than speculate, which is what the folks at GTM Research are doing. According to their analysts, thisRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Vermont finishes 5th solar project at state corrections facility
A 500 kW solar net metering project was completed at the Southern State Correctional Facility, the fifth of seven state correctional facilities to be powered by solar. The project is part of an initiative the Governor announced in September 2013 to deploy 5 MW of solar power that will increase theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar ag boost: More USDA loans, grants available for renewable projects
The ag sector is an important one for solar, so the announcement last week from the USDA that it is awarding loans and grants that will help more than 1,100 rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy usage and costs in their operations is a welcome one. The funding isRead More — Solar Builder magazine