Tag: News
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Renewable Properties, other developers secure expansion capital | Solar Financing Spotlight
Several solar developers have secured financing to advance construction projects across the United States. Renewable Properties, DSD Renewables, Altus Power and Strata take center stage in Solar Builder’s latest Solar Financing Spotlight. Renewable Properties has secured $25 million in development capital from West Town Bank and Trust. The line of credit will enable the company to……
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Enphase launches new IQ8 commercial microinverters in North America
Enphase Energy Inc. has unveiled its new IQ8 Commercial Microinverters, featuring the IQ8P-3P Microinverter, for the small commercial solar market in North America. The IQ8P-3P Microinverter enables a peak output power of up to 480 W, supporting small three-phase commercial applications and newer, high-powered solar panels. The IQ8 Commercial Microinverters are built to support the small……
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Terabase completes first commercial deployment of automated solar construction system
Terabase Energy completed the first commercial deployment of its automated field factory solution. Solar Builder previously reported on the launch of the company’s Terafab system and a $25 million investment to further scale up the solar construction solution. Now, the Terafab construction automation platform has entered the mainstream, having installed a 17 MW subset of……
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Growing agrivoltaics: Conference harvests California, German know-how for farmland solar
California and Germany are comparing notes on agrivoltaics development in an effort to move the industry through its early stages of adoption in the Golden State. At the first California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference, held at the University of California at Davis on Nov. 1, researchers, technology providers, project developers and government administrators combined ideas to……
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McCarthy puts 200 new apprentices to work on four solar projects in Texas, Arizona
McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has broken ground on four new large-scale solar projects in the U.S. Southwest. The company is targeting Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance with more than 200 new registered apprentices slated to begin work on the projects. In varying stages of construction, the projects will bring a combined total of more than 1……