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  • Solar trackers power metal refinishing company Sungen Circle Finishing

    Twenty-two solar trackers are now powering metalwork company Sungen Circle Finishing in Newburyport, Mass. The 186-kW solar project will help offset more than 65 percent of the electrical needs of the local metal refinishing company. Originally the company installed a fixed ground mounted system in 2010 that was damaged by 6Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PCI Solar awarded contract by Austin Independent School District (592 kW)

    PCI Solar has been awarded the contract to build solar arrays on four schools for the Austin Independent School District. The award was decided through a competitive RFP process and construction is slated to begin in the second half of 2016. The RFP called for a total of 592.8 kWRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michigan’s Consumers Energy completes first solar power plant install

    Consumers Energy completed installation of its first solar power plant — a 17-acre array of 11,000 Michigan-made solar panels at Grand Valley State University that produces electricity for Michigan homes and businesses. “We are pleased to energize Michigan with new, renewable sources of energy,” said John Russell, president and CEORead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Apline Bank funds community solar project in Colorado to benefit low-income families

    Community solar has the power to, well, bring a community together. We see a great example of this in Silverthorne, Colo., where a first-of-its-kind partnership among private organizations and a Colorado nonprofit will bring community-shared solar power to low-income families. Alpine Bank, a locally owned and operated community bank with 38 locationsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Huge solar + storage system (7 MW) powered by LG Chem

    S&C Electric Co. is making one of the largest solar and energy storage systems in the United States, and to do so, commissioned a 7-MW/3 MWh battery energy system from LG Chem. Commercial operation of the system will be run by its owner Half Moon Ventures (HMV), a renewable energy company, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine