Tag: Southwest
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GRID Alternatives, SunPower bring solar to four low-income Texas homes
About 80 Austin-based employee volunteers from global solar innovator, SunPower, brought the transformative power of solar energy to four low-income families in Austin’s Blackland Neighborhood. Working with national solar nonprofit GRID Alternatives over two days, the volunteers installed four rooftop solar systems totaling 13 kW of generating capacity. The systemsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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A commercial PV storage solution? Austin Energy, Ideal Power think so
Ideal Power Inc. has partnered with Austin Energy in a federally funded research program as part of the “Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV” (SHINES) program. The Austin Energy led projects are partially funded by a $4.3 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShotRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New Mexico, Affordable Solar bring 24-MW of solar to replace coal-fired systems
Solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Affordable Solar, has partnered with Array Technologies, Inc. (ATI) to bring clean solar energy to thousands of New Mexicans in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas. Industry pioneers Affordable Solar and ATI are both locally owned and operate out of Albuquerque. The SantaRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TXU Energy launches 100 percent Texas Solar Electricity Plan
Bringing yet another innovative option to Texas electricity consumers, TXU Energy has announced TXU Energy Solar Advantage, the market’s first electricity plan that’s 100 percent backed by solar power generated in Texas. The plan comes on the heels of the company’s new, high-efficiency solar rooftop offer, and it further expandsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report: Average residential solar prices $3 to $4 per watt, commercial $2 to $3
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) completed a new state-level analysis of close to 11,000 solar price quotes and found that, despite some outliers, average residential solar prices in 2014-2015 clustered around $3-$4 per watt, while prices for nonresidential and utility-scale projects came in lower at $2-$3 per watt. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine