Tag: sustainability
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Austin’s CapMetro to install first-of-its-kind solar charging infrastructure for buses
HOLT Renewables will design and construct a first-of-its-kind solar-powered charging infrastructure solution for CapMetro, the regional public transportation provider in Austin, Texas, in collaboration with bp pulse. In 2021, the CapMetro board approved the purchase of approximately 200 zero-emissions buses, the largest procurement of battery electric transit buses in the country. To support CapMetro’s electric bus fleet, the project requires……
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DOE awards $1.5M grant to SOLARCYCLE for PV panel recycling research
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded SOLARCYCLE a $1.5M research grant to study the process for recovering higher-quality metals and materials extracted from retired solar panels. SOLARCYCLE and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), who received additional funding for the research, will conduct the project over a two-year grant period. Through its current technology, SOLARCYCLE……
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Renewable Properties, Sonoma Clean Power sign PPAs for local solar and storage projects in California
Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), a community choice aggregator (CCA), have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for two solar projects. One of the projects, located in Ukiah, California, will include energy storage. Both projects will contribute to SCP’s local resource plan for its EverGreen service, which……
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Peninsula Clean Energy signs solar agreements with 9 California cities, San Mateo County
As one of the first public agencies nationwide to take advantage of expanded federal renewable energy incentives, Peninsula Clean Energy has reached innovative agreements with nine cities in California and San Mateo County to install solar and future battery storage on public buildings. Peninsula Clean Energy is executing 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) to install……
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Clearloop breaks ground on first of three new solar projects in the Mississippi Delta
Clearloop has gathered support from more than 30 companies across the United States to cut their carbon footprint by investing in the first solar project to be developed in Panola County, Mississippi, a community at the cross-section of the Mississippi Delta and the Appalachian Foothills. The 6.6 MWdc Panola I Solar Farm is the first……