Projects

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is swapping out 20,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries with rechargeable alkaline battery technology via Urban Electric Power. SDSC is the world’s first enterprise application of Urban Electric Power’s zinc manganese-dioxide cells — the chemistry of familiar household AA alkaline batteries. “This project has transformed our data center’s model for …

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.The 1-megawatt solar power system is expected to produce over 40% of the energy needed for plant operations. In 2017, Phoenix Contact needed to expand its operations and warehousing capacity in Middletown, Pa., which meant building a new 70,000 square foot addition on their campus. A key feature of the new expansion is the LCA …

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Catalyze, which develops, builds, owns, and operates solar, battery storage, and EV charging systems for commercial and industrial customers, and ACE Solar are collaborating on a 6.3 MW solar project in Blackstone, Massachusetts. Located on a repurposed dairy farm in Blackstone MA, the project consists of 15,580 solar panels and a 3 MW / 6.4 …

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Shungnak, Alaska, a small community above the Arctic Circle, is now benefiting from a first-of-its-kind solar-plus-storage microgrid system, reducing its reliance on the village’s costly and difficult-to-maintain diesel generator power plant. The system consists of a 225 kW solar array and 12 cabinets of 32 kWh Blue Planet Energy Blue Ion LX battery systems. The …

Remote Alaskan village cuts diesel usage thanks to solar + storage microgrid Read More »

Solar power developer and independent power producer Infiniti Energy is developing and constructing five solar projects at sites owned by Kaplan Companies in New Jersey, utilizing three different ownership models: community solar, solar power purchase agreements (PPA), and direct ownership. “Working with Kaplan on these solar projects has been good for Infiniti Energy to show …

Infiniti Energy gets creative on five solar projects for Kaplan real estate firm Read More »

Wells Fargo and Ameresco hosted “Energize Wells Fargo: A Renewable Energy Generation Media Event” to celebrate the largest behind-the-meter solar PV project in Iowa, offsetting loads at the Wells Fargo campus directly. With this flipping of the switch to activate the solar modules at Wells Fargo’s Jordan Creek campus, 12 percent of the site’s energy …

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Old Texas rice fields soon will be harvesting something new as a $145 million clean energy project nears completion thanks to a sizable final investment. Twain Financial Partners has closed on $42 million in financing to complete the Longbow Solar project, a massive ground-mounted solar PV system in Brazoria County, Texas, just southwest of Houston. …

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Real estate investment and redevelopment company Granite Redevelopment Properties enlisted The Solar Company to complete one of the largest multifamily solar panel installation project in the U.S. to date. At 16 of Granite’s apartment communities in Dallas and Tarrant counties, the company is installing solar panels to generate electricity and offset energy costs at its …

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The U.S. commercial solar segment is finally taking off, with installations up 31% in Q3 2021 compared to the same quarter in 2020. The diversity of new commercial solar projects, provide ample opportunities for installers of all sizes to find new avenues to grow in this booming market. LONGi and its solar installer partners capitalized …

Case study: Why residential solar installers should be thinking about commercial Read More »

Nautilus Solar Energy has completed a 24.9 MW community solar portfolio in New York. The fully operational portfolio consists of four projects located in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee, and Steuben Counties, and provides a clean energy alternative to an estimated 1950 households and multiple commercial subscribers, including the Target Corporation, Lowe’s Companies, and Hannaford Brothers, in …

New York State is now Nautilus’s largest community solar market with over 87-MW in operation Read More »