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Billie Eilish’s climate fund supports solar project for Maryland affordable housing
A nonprofit initiative helped build solar projects on 40 townhomes across Montgomery County, Maryland, resulting in more than 270 kW of new energy output. Clean energy nonprofit RE-volv and Montgomery County Green Bank financed the project, and solar contractor GreenBrilliance built the PV systems. These arrays were built on affordable housing organization Housing Unlimited townhomes,…
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Exus Renewables advances proprietary monitoring software for solar, wind
Exus Renewables North America is launching Anomaly+, the newest addition to its ExusIQ+ performance optimization suite, using predictive maintenance to save on operating its energy assets. “With our ExusIQ+ suite, we’re not just building renewable energy projects, we’re advancing the science behind them,” said Jim Spencer, president and CEO of Exus Renewables North America. A…
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Nextpower entering solar inverter market by acquiring Zigor products
A company once known for solar tracker production is entering another segment of the PV market. After years of acquisitions and originating new technologies, Nextpower (formerly Nextracker) is acquiring a product line from Spanish power conversion and transmission company Zigor, along with its subsidiary Apex Power. “With this acquisition, Nextpower will launch a comprehensive inverter…
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GameChange Solar and Raptor Maps debut autonomous tracker monitoring system
GameChange Solar is collaborating with Raptor Maps to introduce a tracker monitoring system integrated with autonomous robotic inspection. This pairs GameChange Solar’s GeniusVision tracker monitoring software with Raptor Maps’ Sentry robotic inspection platform to create a continuous feedback loop between tracker performance and on-site inspection data. “GameChange has always taken a long view on the…
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Siemens plant goes carbon neutral with solar microgrid
Siemens has built an on-site microgrid at its Wendell, North Carolina, facility, combining a 1.25-MW solar carport paired with a 3.9-MWh battery energy storage system. The microgrid, with other campus energy initiatives, has made the site carbon neutral while reducing overall grid energy consumption by 2.5 MWh annually. Siemens has a company goal to reach…
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