Tag: Pacific

  • sPower wins 68.8-MW Southern California Public Power Authority

    sPower, a prominent renewable energy provider, has been awarded a 20-year PPA with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to provide 68.8 MW DC of solar power. Participating member agencies are the cities of Azusa, Colton, Riverside and Vernon. The sPower Antelope DSR 1 and 2 facilities will be constructed on roughlyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Hawaii residents asked to choose ‘self-supply’ or ‘grid-supply’ in next move to smart grid

    Starting today, renewable-energy project developers seeking interconnection to the HECO companies’ utility grids will face two new PUC-driven tariff requirements, termed “self-supply” and “grid supply”, that will replace the NEM program and pave the way for so-called smart grid functionality. Out goes the NEM program, which led to Hawaii’s massiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • See a 270-kW rooftop system completed by SunLink, RA Power & Light

    Hitting a project deadline on time is always a great feeling, but how about three weeks ahead of schedule? SunLink Corp. and RA Power & Light did just that completing a new 270-kW commercial rooftop system at the Aethercomm facility in Carlsbad, Calif. Solar developer and EPC RA Power & LightRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Niner Wine Estates achieves net-zero energy via REC Solar

    REC Solar, a national provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, announced the interconnection of two solar energy arrays totaling 388 kW at Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles, Calif. Together, the systems will provide enough clean energy to power 100 percent of Niner’s 46-acre Heart Hill Vineyard, including theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • California’s SB 350 a big win for renewable energy

    California has always been in front of the rest of the country in terms of sustainability and renewable energy, and the signing of SB 350 today cements that legacy even more. What’s so great about SB 350 for the renewable energy world? Consider these targets: Fifteen years ago, California enactedRead More — Solar Builder magazine