US Solar and Minnesota Power have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar+storage project in Grand Rapids, Minn. The project is the result of a collaboration between US Solar, Minnesota Power, Grand Rapids Public Utilities, the Itasca Clean Energy Team and Grand Rapids. “This project is an impressive feat of collaboration,” says Reed Richerson, COO … [Read more...] about US Solar, Minnesota Power Enter PPA for Solar+Storage Project
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Solar Support Launches Predictive, Corrective Inverter Program
Solar Support, an engineering services company, has rolled out a diagnostic equipment maintenance program that uses analytics to assess the health of central inverters in utility-scale PV systems. Backed by the company’s 22 years of inverter and power electronics troubleshooting, the program supports both predictive and corrective O&M. Solar Support engineers analyze … [Read more...] about Solar Support Launches Predictive, Corrective Inverter Program
Anumar Names Delta as String Inverter Supplier for German PV Project
Delta, a company that specializes in power and thermal management solutions, says it is providing its M70A series high-efficiency PV string inverters to Anumar, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services provider, which is building the 120 MWp Solarpark Schornhof project, currently the largest ground-mounted solar park in Southern Germany. The M70A … [Read more...] about Anumar Names Delta as String Inverter Supplier for German PV Project
Twin Cities program uses solar as incentive to expand affordable housing
Marufish / Flickr / Creative Commons The Metropolitan Council’s Solar-for-Vouchers pilot program aims to use solar to entice property owners to invest in affordable housing. The Metropolitan Council is seeking building owners who are interested in solar and open to increasing the number of units eligible for Section 8 vouchers. A regional planning agency in the Twin … [Read more...] about Twin Cities program uses solar as incentive to expand affordable housing
Dominion, BrightSuite Partner to Install Solar at Virginia Schools
Twenty-one schools across Virginia are reducing their carbon footprints by powering their operations with solar energy through a partnership between BrightSuite Solar, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, and Sun Tribe. The solar arrays at schools in Arlington, Fluvanna, Hanover, King William, Newport News, Powhatan and Virginia Beach are being installed in partnership with Sun … [Read more...] about Dominion, BrightSuite Partner to Install Solar at Virginia Schools