Tag: West

  • APS Arizona Sun Program adds nine solar plants over five years

    More than one million solar panels are now live in the Arizona desert producing clean power for APS customers (Arizona’s largest and longest-serving electricity utility). These photovoltaic panels are part of the APS AZ Sun Program, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The program has experienced many successes alongRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SEPA: Top 10 solar utilities of 2015 ranked

    Southern California Edison connected 1,258 new MW of solar power to the grid in 2015, more than any other utility in the United States, according to the annual utility solar market survey conducted by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), formerly the Solar Electric Power Association. Edison was one ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GE’s energy startup Current to install PV at 18 sites across the country

    GE is putting solar solutions from its energy startup Current, powered by GE, to work across 18 GE sites in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The installations will deliver roughly $70 million in energy and operating savings over the solutions’ 20-year lifespan and offset energy usage an average of 10%Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • WGL Energy, BayWa r.e. completes solar facility in Delano, Calif,

    WGL Energy Systems joined with BayWa r.e. and city officials from Delano, Calif., to celebrate the opening of a 1.12-MW DC photovoltaic solar farm at a ribbon cutting ceremony held near the project site in the city of Delano. The fully installed solar array is designed to power Delano’s Waste WaterRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Goodyear facility completes 1-MW install with Yaskawa-Solectria inverters

      Three-phase, transformerless PVI 28TL inverters from Yaskawa – Solectria Solar were installed at the Goodyear Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The 1-MW solar array is comprised of over 3,000 solar modules powered by 33 Solectria PVI 28TL inverters and cover the main manufacturing plant and five parking canopies. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine