Tag: sustainability
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New community solar farm a first for SoCal Edison under ECR program
The newly launched 3.8 MWdc Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm in Adelanto, California, marks the first project under California’s Enhanced Community Renewables (ECR) program to be contracted by one of the state’s three investor-owned utilities. As one of the first community solar farms in Southern California, Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm is designed to generate clean energy……
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University of Kansas grad students build rooftop solar project
Students from the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design built a house outfitted with a 16-panel rooftop solar system as part of a graduate degree program. The 432 Indiana Street House is the 16th consecutive LEED Platinum project completed by Studio 804, a hands-on learning program at the University of Kansas for graduate students……
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Solar Landscape starts construction on 87 MW multistate community solar portfolio
Solar Landscape has partnered with a national self-storage company on a portfolio of more than 130 rooftop community solar projects across the United States. The developer is working with Public Storage on the multistate initiative and just began construction on the first of the projects. Together, the 133 community solar installations in Maryland, New Jersey……
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Study: Climate change is impacting U.S. solar energy generation
A new study conducted by climate and energy analytics company Sunairio found that climate change is increasingly impacting U.S. solar energy generation. Traditional, industry-standard solar production risk assessment approaches are based on decades-old methods that use historical data and which crucially omit the growing influence of climate trends. As a result, pre-construction energy models over-predict……
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New pollution: The importance of producing PV with minimal VOCs
Renewable energy isn’t inherently “green” or “clean.” Solar energy is generated from products that are mass produced in factories that have their own carbon footprints and environmental pros and cons that vary depending on the facility, company and/or country or state of origin. Ship & Shore Environmental (S&SE), a pioneer in clean air technologies, has……