Tag: West

  • SunEdison teams with Green Charge on energy storage project in Silicon Valley

    SunEdison and Green Charge Networks, a large provider of commercial energy storage, are teaming up to deliver a solar plus storage system to the municipal utility Silicon Valley Power. This project is part of an ongoing strategic partnership between SunEdison and Green Charge Networks to deliver additional electricity savings toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar3D secures two ag solar contracts worth $3 million

    Solar3D Inc., a provider of solar power solutions and the developer of a proprietary high efficiency solar cell, just secured a $2 million contract for the design and installation of an agricultural solar project for Payne Brothers Ranches in Woodland, Calif.; and an approximately $1 million contract to design and install a PV systemRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar power going to low-income houses thanks to California cap-and-trade

    Solar power is a growing trend for homeowners, especially as prices continue to drop, but for many homeowners, the upfront cost of installing any residential solar power is still daunting. This is obviously even more true for those lower on the socioeconomic ladder. At that point, solar is a luxuryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nevada SB 374 to define net metering cap

    NV Energy and The Alliance For Solar Choice (TASC) announced joint support for the following Amendment to Nevada state bill 374. As amended, SB 374 would: • Define the existing 3% net metering cap to be 235 megawatts. This 235 megawatts will be the maximum amount of net metering permittedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Utah gets second largest solar array thanks to Affordable Solar, Sun Edison

    Affordable Solar and Smith’s Food & Drug Stores have completed another project together, this time installing the second largest rooftop solar system in Utah on a Smith’s Food & Drug Stores distribution center in Layton, Utah. This is the fourth time Affordable Solar, a N.M.-based company, has designed and installed a solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine