commercial solar News
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Commercial Solar may be 78% Third-Party Owned by 2021
Corporate customers are procuring moresolar than ever. Companies are raising capital for commercial solar. And community solar is booming. It's a heady time for investment in distributed commercial solar. Now more than ever, it's important to understand what commercial customers want, and how these solar projects are financed. According to GTM's new report, Commercial Solar Consumer Finance ...
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Spruce Finance Acquires 31.3 MW of Residential Solar Assets
Spruce Finance has completed its most significant solar portfolio acquisition to date. Spruce’s purchase of 5,864 rooftop solar assets totaling 31.3 MW from funds managed by Atalaya Capital Management not only provides meaningful growth to its portfolio but also expands the assets serviced by its independent subsidiary, Energy Service Experts. The acquisition expands Spruce’s solar ...
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Heliodyne Launches Commercial Solar Water Heating Training Program
RICHMOND, Calif. - California based solar hot water manufacturer Heliodyne has expanded its online training curriculum by now offering a course in commercial scale solar thermal design and installation. The advanced course is intended to educate professionals on system and installation topics related to larger commercial scale solar water heating projects. “The training program was ...
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Clean Footprint Attends Keep Florida Beautiful Annual Meeting
John Porter, Founder of Clean Footprint, Central Florida’s leading solar finance and development company, and Chairman of Keep Florida Beautiful Annual (KFB) will be attending KFB’s Annual Meeting today. Being held at the Governors Club on Adams Street in Tallahassee Florida, the focus of the annual meeting will be creating a cleaner state through various initiatives. Affiliate ...
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PLP featured in Solar Speaks podcast produced by Solar Power World
Preformed Line Products (PLP) has an extensive portfolio of mounting products for the solar industry, but we have also carved out a specific niche within long-span commercial rooftop projects. The questions often asked are: what are some of the challenges of spanning rooftops? And, how do installers tackle rooftop solar projects that require longer spans? In this Solar Speaks podcast produced by ...
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PROINSO shortlisted for Solar + Power Awards
Solar Energy Company PROINSO has been shortlisted for this year’s Solar + Power Awards. Established in 2009, the Solar + Power Awards (formerly the Solar Industry Awards) recognise innovative manufacturing and product approaches that have the potential to change the way we live. PROINSO has been shortlisted alongside three other organisations in the Rural Electrification Award category ...
By Proinso USA
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Extensible Energy Launches "Virtual Battery" Software
Extensible Energy has released DemandEx, an inexpensive “virtual battery” for reducing demand charges and increasing ROI for commercial solar projects. The award-winning SaaS solution is easily integrated into new or existing commercial solar systems and can be used to decrease the cost and size of energy storage. DemandEx uses proprietary AI algorithms to analyze real-time solar ...
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Tandem Breakthrough by Solliance Partners
Solliance partners TNO, imec/EnergyVille and the Eindhoven University of Technology, realized a 18.6% efficient highly near infrared transparent perovskite solar cell. The latter, when combined in a four terminal tandem configuration with an efficient Panasonic crystalline silicon (c-Si) cell or with a Miasolé flexible CIGS cell, delivers new record power conversion efficiencies of ...
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NREL launches initiative to build solar performance database
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. As part of DOE’s SunShot Initiative, the Open Solar Performance and Reliability Clearinghouse (O-SPaRC) will give the private market tools to develop investment vehicles to tap ...
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Does the UN have the answers to promote solar in North Africa and Middle East?
The UNESCO Regional Cairo Bureau has been an active player promoting the adoption of alternative energy in the MENA region. Dr Nazar Hassan, Deputy Director of the UNESCO Regional Cairo Bureau has been working on a strategy that benefits both the nations within MENA, and the industry heavyweights that can serve the energy demand and contribute to the local economy. One great resource that can ...
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AES Solar celebrates Living Wage commitment
AES Solar has been accredited as a Living Wage employer by The Living Wage Foundation. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at AES Solar regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors; receive a minimum hourly wage of £8.45 – significantly higher than the national minimum wage of £6.95 and the new minimum wage premium for over ...
By AES Ltd
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Sol Systems Launches Mid-Market Financing Solution: Call for Solar Projects 50 kW-2 MW
Sol Systems launches Mid-Market Solution to address financing challenges facing small commercial solar projects. We are actively seeking solar projects 50 kW-2 MW in size for immediate acquisition. This is a fast moving opportunity - our investors are looking to close deals by the end of March 2013. Solar developers with projects should contact Sol Systems as soon as possible, as funding is ...
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New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce Partners with SunPower to Offer Discounts on Residential and Commercial Solar Systems
The New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce (NMGCC) announced today that it has partnered with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, panels and systems, to offer rebates to all regular chamber members on purchases of new SunPower solar systems for their homes and businesses. "Partnering with SunPower to offer these incentives makes it easy and ...
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GEM Energy awarded certification as NYSERDA solar installer
GEM Energy, a Rudolph/Libbe company headquartered in Walbridge, Ohio, with offices in Baldwinsville, NY, is now an approved NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Authority) solar installer. GEM Energy is a turnkey solar developer with capabilities including project financing, design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance. The certification ...
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Locus Energy Launches the LGate 310 - the First Smart Meter Designed for Light Commercial Solar Monitoring
Locus Energy has launched the LGate 310 -- a digital smart meter optimized for monitoring light commercial solar photovoltaic installations. The combined power meter and datalogger makes it easier than ever to remotely monitor and maintain PV systems. Together with the web-based Locus Platform that provides an overview dashboard as well as patented analytics, the LGate 310 enables solar fleet ...
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Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Three N.C. Solar Farms
Duke Energy Renewables has acquired three 1-megawatt (MW) commercial solar projects in the southwestern corner of the state. The company now owns seven commercial solar farms in North Carolina. Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy's Commercial Businesses, purchased the portfolio of photovoltaic (PV) projects from ESA Renewables, LLC, which designed and built the generation sites. The ...
By Duke Energy
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Solar Asset Owner Spruce Finance Lands $50 Million Follow-On Equity Investment from HPS Investment Partners
Spruce Finance, a leading owner and operator of distributed generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., announced it has received a $50 million equity investment from its owner HPS Investment Partners, a leading global investment firm with more than $48 billion of assets under management. The follow-on investment demonstrates HPS’ commitment to Spruce and the solar asset ...
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Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Kit Simplifies Residential and Light Commercial Solar Installations
Installers can save time and close more deals with Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Kit™, a pre-configured, pre-sized PV system that can be delivered right to the job site. The Diamond Kit is designed for quick and easy installation and features Mitsubishi Electric’s premier black frame MLU 255 watt solar modules, engineered for high output and ...
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ET Solar AC Modules Installed in Residential Systems in the US
ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), a leading solar one-stop solution provider, today announces the completion and grid connection of multiple residential PV projects using ET Solar's new AC Modules with integrated microinverters in California and Colorado. AC modules are particularly suitable for residential & small commercial projects where they can provide higher power yield, smart module ...
By ET Solar
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SMA America selected for largest commercial solar installation in Georgia
United Renewable Energy, LLC (URE) has commissioned the largest commercial solar installation in the state of Georgia at the USFloors building in Dalton. Based on its quality and efficiency, an SMA Sunny Central 250U inverter was chosen to convert the solar energy collected by almost 700 solar modules into grid-compatible electricity.The 144.48 kilowatt solar array was designed by URE, the ...
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