altenergymag

JANUARY 10, 2023

One of the key benefits of solar power for commercial buildings is its cost-effectiveness. With retail electricity rates at record levels, it is now more attractive than ever for businesses to switch to solar power.

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EDF + Business

MAY 17, 2023

Renewable energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels, which presents a huge opportunity to cut costs and emissions in commercial buildings. Switching to solar energy in the U.S. could reduce commercial property owners’ electricity costs by an average of 75%. per square foot to potentially $5 per square foot.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

By Patrick Regan, president, Crossroads Solar Most of those involved in the solar industry applaud the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. appeared first on Solar Power World. … The post Guest column: We need clarity, please! … The post Guest column: We need clarity, please!

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 29, 2024

“In the coming years, we will go from an Eskom monopoly to literally thousands of different power sellers, big and small, including people selling their excess solar to the City, commercial entities selling and wheeling electricity to each other, as well as big independent power producers feeding electricity into the grid at various points.”

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Sun Valley Solar

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The federal solar investment tax credit, more simply known as the ITC, has been a significant factor in the large-scale commercial solar adoption over the last decade. Going solar and claiming this lucrative incentive allows businesses to significantly offset investment costs, while dramatically reducing operating expenses.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As the surge in renewable energy initiatives continues to redefine the landscape of energy production, solar farming has emerged as a beacon of sustainable income and environmental stewardship. This exploration seeks to illuminate the path toward a greener future and a prosperous venture in the realm of solar energy.

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Sun Valley Solar

AUGUST 2, 2021

Installing commercial solar is a financially savvy move that not only can help your business but can also serve to benefit the local community. When you reduce your organization's utility costs by going solar, you demonstrate a commitment to the environment and the health of future generations.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 20, 2021

Hawaiian Electric said this week that it is now accepting applications for Battery Bonus, a new program that will pay a cash incentive for residential and commercial customers on O‘ahu to add energy storage (a battery) to an existing or new rooftop solar system. The solar-plus-storage system owner will receive the incentive.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The fund will enable BlocPower to expand and scale its inner-city energy retrofits to projects across the nation, with $49 million going toward low-income residential buildings and $6 million dedicated to low-income small commercial buildings, houses of worship and other community buildings. . Keeping economic benefits of clean energy local.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Solar PV module manufacturer and energy storage provider Q Cells has unveiled a new financing structure to boost value in C&I and community solar projects. The company announced an investment into a solar + storage portfolio developed by Amped Solutions through its new ‘Grid Equity’ financing structure.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The generation and consumption of solar energy is a crucial step towards decreasing carbon emissions and aligning with sustainable goals. Energy generation from renewable resources in Australia has doubled in the last decade, and a major contributor to this step is solar feed-in tariffs. What is Solar Feed-in Tariff?

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Solar Power World

MARCH 2, 2020

SDC Energy, a bespoke investment firm specializing in renewable investments, launched the SDSF Solar Fund IV for private investors, family offices and financial advisors seeking to invest smart for good. SDC Energy… The post SDC Energy opens new fund for nonprofit commercial solar installations appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 22, 2020

A recent petition to FERC could trigger nationwide changes to solar net-metering. If FERC asserts such jurisdiction in the manner requested by NERA, individual states could lose control over their solar net-metering policies — with myriad implications for the U.S. distributed solar market. distributed solar market.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. Grid Alternatives, a nonprofit that installs solar and batteries for low-income residents, demanded that the CPUC preserve the funds.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

California regulators have finalized plans to direct more than half a billion dollars in behind-the-meter battery incentives over the next four years to customers most at risk of the state’s increasingly deadly wildfires and the grid outages meant to prevent them. Big changes for California's energy storage market.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Technologies such as geothermal, biomass and solar, which Skyven initially focused on, can provide an alternative to natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. The need for decarbonization in the industrial sector spans far beyond solar. It makes a lot more sense to meet those unique needs with unique solutions.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. Solar reached the big time early in California, thanks to abundant sunshine and supportive state incentives.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

What do people in solar project financing do? Financing solar projects, or managing the financial operations of a solar asset, involves a combination of tasks at any given point along the project’s timeline. As the solar industry continues to grow and mature, more professionals are working on financing these projects.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

Regulatory changes have not only helped Spain reemerge as Europe’s biggest market for large-scale solar projects but also animated a big new market for distributed solar systems aimed at on-site consumption. In 2019 Spain reclaimed the position of Europe's largest solar market — 11 years after last taking the top spot.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In California, it’s not just vulnerable families and critical services that could use battery-backed solar systems to ride through wildfire-prevention power outages. CalCom Energy, a long-time solar and energy services provider for California’s agricultural sector, thinks it has a solution.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Over its 13-year history, California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program has been the state’s primary driver for distributed solar, biomass power systems, fuel cells. Now California regulators are proposing a new role for SGIP: giving battery-solar backup systems to those at greatest risk of wildfires and blackouts.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 14, 2020

Programs such as the California Public Utilities’ Self-Generation Incentive Program encourage more customers to install energy storage at home, and California’s SB 1339 aims to streamline interconnections, which will help bring more microgrids online and keep costs low.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A new joint venture between Boston-based BlueWave Solar and European photovoltaics firm Ciel et Terre is poised to bring floating solar panels to the ponds and reservoirs of Massachusetts for the first time. Ciel et Terre, based in France, is a pioneer in the floating solar sector. In 2017, it launched a U.S.-based

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

Massachusetts issued emergency revisions to its main solar support program last month to help an industry struggling with the coronavirus lockdown. But developers say the changes will have opposite their intended effect, causing the cancellation of hundreds of megawatts of distributed solar projects. Solar vs. conservation?

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Bidgely

APRIL 29, 2024

Extending Success from Residential to SMB Customers Building on this residential HER program success, the utility set out to achieve similar benefits for its commercial customers. “In We include those along with tips about signing up for energy efficiency, or incentives for HVAC or lighting or other programs they might find valuable.”

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The growth story in solar continues to be an exciting one. had reached a milestone of 2 million solar systems just three years after reaching the 1 million mark. While the story is interesting for solar of all sizes, we find it to be most exciting in the commercial sector. Earlier this year, SEIA announced that the U.S.

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Sun Valley Solar

JULY 9, 2019

For over a decade , the federal solar investment tax credit, more simply know as the ITC, has been a major catalyst for the solar industry's growth and one of the largest forces incentivizing solar installations across the nation. Thanks in part to the ITC, commercial solar adoption has increased exponentially.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. Commercial building emissions were also higher. Commercial building emissions rose 10.8% for natural gas and 6.6%

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EDF + Business

APRIL 25, 2023

Companies in these industries tend to have high building energy intensities, but any company that owns or has a long-term lease for a commercial building has an opportunity to benefit from the IRA. Estimated Annual Profit for Sample Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Installation Sample Business Case Assumptions 50,000 sq ft building 22.5

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Sun Valley Solar

OCTOBER 1, 2019

There are as many ways to pay for a commercial solar energy system as there are ways to design one. Whichever way you go, adding solar is one of only a few investments that starts putting money back into your business's bottom line from the moment it's turned on.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

With four pilots under its belt, the company soon plans to launch a commercial project in Tokyo. And we can run the plant year-round while electrolysis depends on availability of solar and wind," he said. But once commercial readiness is validated by robust subscale testing, the industry should be primed for takeoff," Patch said.

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Grist

MARCH 4, 2021

The amount of battery storage connected to the grid, capable of saving extra wind and solar energy and dispatching it when the wind dies or the sun goes down, shot up dramatically. That includes all types of energy storage projects, from installations in residential and commercial buildings to big utility-scale arrays.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

Dreisbach endures sales pitches that run the gamut of energy solutions, from LED lighting to rooftop solar to fuel cells. Some promising companies with mechanically complex thermal energy storage solutions targeting the commercial sectors, including the cold chain, have exited the business or turned to software-based offerings only.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Pennsylvania-based solar developer Glidepath Ventures told Greentech Media it has sold its first projects: a 278-megawatt, 12-project portfolio to Canada’s Grasshopper Solar, plus another four projects totaling 887 megawatts to an unnamed independent power producer (IPP). ” The lure of PJM. ” said Underwood.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In a landmark move, California regulators last year redirected the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), the state’s main support mechanism for behind-the-meter batteries, to focus more than half of its $1.2 The $1 incentive is far more generous than what's available to other potential storage customers.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Most of this renewable energy was obtained from New York’s hydroelectric plants, with wind, solar , and biomass also contributing to the state’s net energy generation. To support a sustainable business transition, New York City offers tax credits, grants, and green funding incentives. National Grid Programs and Incentives.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 30, 2024

With about 30% of the total energy usage in the UK due to the heat and power needs of residential and commercial buildings, the housing sector will face the challenge of adapting rapidly to a net zero world. The Future Homes Standard is currently consulting on two models, one of which would mandate the installation of solar PV as standard.

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