Commercial /category/markets/commercial/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:01:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-solar-power-world-online-32x32.png Commercial /category/markets/commercial/ 32 32 Brooklyn Solar Canopy launches three new mounting system designs /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/ /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:01:35 +0000 /?p=108545 Brooklyn Solar Canopy is launching three new solar panel mounting systems: Post-Truss, Cantilever and Wood-Post. “This expansion of our product line is a direct response to our customers’ evolving needs,” said T.R. Ludwig, CEO of Brooklyn Solar Canopy and its sister company, Brooklyn SolarWorks. “With the addition of Post-Truss, Cantilever and Wood-Post mounting systems, we…

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]]> /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/feed/ 0 VDE unveils Hail Risk Atlas to help solar developers forecast economic risk related to hail loss /2025/02/vde-unveils-hail-risk-atlas-to-help-solar-developers-forecast-economic-risk-related-to-hail-loss/ /2025/02/vde-unveils-hail-risk-atlas-to-help-solar-developers-forecast-economic-risk-related-to-hail-loss/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:31:00 +0000 /?p=108529 Catastrophic risk advisor VDE Americas today launched its VDE Hail Risk Atlas. Designed to forecast the economic risk of solar assets due to hail loss, VDE’s suite of Hail Risk Intelligence products and services for solar developers, insurers and investors paves the way for more defensible, financeable and insurable projects. The VDE Hail Risk Atlas…

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]]> /2025/02/vde-unveils-hail-risk-atlas-to-help-solar-developers-forecast-economic-risk-related-to-hail-loss/feed/ 1 Solar Spotlight: Why solar carports make sense for schools /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/ /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:19 +0000 /?p=108517 While there is greater oversight for installing solar projects on school grounds, M Bar C Construction has found success in this segment of the market and has done so through building solar carports. Bobby Bonfanti, eastern division manager, and Erik Krivokopich, VP of business development at M Bar C, are on this episode of Solar…

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]]> /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/feed/ 0 First Solar to distribute solar panels to DG market through Guided Path Solar /2025/02/first-solar-to-distribute-solar-panels-to-dg-market-through-guided-path-solar/ /2025/02/first-solar-to-distribute-solar-panels-to-dg-market-through-guided-path-solar/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:03:24 +0000 /?p=108484 Guided Path Solar, a solar product distributor based in Texas and serving the distributed generation (DG) market, will soon have First Solar cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panels available through its distribution channel. “Guided Path Solar is driven by a desire for a more sustainable and responsible solar industry, making this partnership one with shared core…

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]]> /2025/02/first-solar-to-distribute-solar-panels-to-dg-market-through-guided-path-solar/feed/ 0 Trucking company J.B. Hunt powers up 5-MW solar project in Arkansas /2025/01/trucking-company-j-b-hunt-powers-up-5-mw-solar-project-in-arkansas/ /2025/01/trucking-company-j-b-hunt-powers-up-5-mw-solar-project-in-arkansas/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:02:03 +0000 /?p=108437 Supply chain solutions provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services has commissioned a 4.99-MWAC solar project in Gentry, Arkansas, that should generate enough electricity to offset 80% of the power used by J.B. Hunt’s three main corporate campus buildings in Lowell, Arkansas. The 40-acre solar site, which uses a combination of mono- and bifacial solar panels, is…

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]]> /2025/01/trucking-company-j-b-hunt-powers-up-5-mw-solar-project-in-arkansas/feed/ 1 Connecticut increases amount of incentives available to growing C&I energy storage market /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/ /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:23:23 +0000 /?p=108436 The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) recently announced updates to its Energy Storage Solutions program, including the opening of Tranche 3 of the commercial and industrial (C&I) incentives as well as the reallocation of 140 MW of capacity from the residential sector to the C&I sector to match the growing demand for storage. This…

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]]> /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/feed/ 0 700-kW solar project installed on unused former farmland in Maine /2025/01/700-kw-solar-project-installed-on-unused-former-farmland-in-maine/ /2025/01/700-kw-solar-project-installed-on-unused-former-farmland-in-maine/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:42:57 +0000 /?p=108425 Norwich Technologies, Solaris Energy and Bridge Renewable Energy have completed a 700-kWAC solar project in Winthrop, Maine. The project was originated and permitted by Breakaway Renewables, the development division of Norwich Technologies, with early financing through Solaris Energy. Norwich Solar, a division of Norwich Technologies, completed the EPC work. Bridge Renewable Energy will be the…

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]]> /2025/01/700-kw-solar-project-installed-on-unused-former-farmland-in-maine/feed/ 0 180-kW solar project largest on multifamily building in New Jersey /2025/01/solar-project-largest-on-multifamily-building-in-new-jersey/ /2025/01/solar-project-largest-on-multifamily-building-in-new-jersey/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:42:59 +0000 /?p=108419 The largest solar installation on a high-rise multifamily residential building in New Jersey was recently built by Sunkeeper Solar of Brooklyn, New York. The Beach, a 336-unit rental tower in Jersey City’s waterfront Newport neighborhood, is owned by New York-based real estate developer LeFrak, and is now home to a 180-kW, 450-panel rooftop system that…

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]]> /2025/01/solar-project-largest-on-multifamily-building-in-new-jersey/feed/ 0 Employee-owned PV contractors are reshaping company dynamics /2025/01/employee-owned-pv-contractors-are-reshaping-company-dynamics/ /2025/01/employee-owned-pv-contractors-are-reshaping-company-dynamics/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:00:57 +0000 /?p=108233 Solar installation is a mission-driven business, and certain solar contractors take that notion a step further by also making their business operations mission-driven through employee ownership. Generally, employee ownership gives employees some monetary stake in their company through stock options, company trusts or profit sharing. Depending on the style of employee ownership, companies will have…

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]]> /2025/01/employee-owned-pv-contractors-are-reshaping-company-dynamics/feed/ 0 Lightsource bp completes 187-MW ground-mount solar project for Texas manufacturer /2025/01/lightsource-bp-completes-187-mw-ground-mount-solar-project-for-texas-manufacturer/ /2025/01/lightsource-bp-completes-187-mw-ground-mount-solar-project-for-texas-manufacturer/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:38:45 +0000 /?p=108413 Lightsource bp announced it has completed the 187-MW Peacock solar project, located in San Patricio County, Texas, that will provide power directly to Gulf Coast Growth Venture’s nearby manufacturing complex. “The Peacock Solar project adds to Lightsource bp’s operational fleet in Texas, helping reduce carbon emissions while diversifying the state’s energy mix to enhance security…

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]]> /2025/01/lightsource-bp-completes-187-mw-ground-mount-solar-project-for-texas-manufacturer/feed/ 0 First Solar and Terrasmart partner to provide domestic solar panel and racking package /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/ /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:08:31 +0000 /?p=108376 Turnkey solar racking provider Terrasmart has integrated both its fixed-tilt racks and its TerraTrak 1P Single Axis Tracker (SAT) with First Solar’s Series 7 TR1 module. Combined with a portfolio of ground screws, driven piles and ballasted foundations, the Terrasmart and First Solar partnership can provide a domestically produced ground-mount offering for the U.S. solar…

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]]> /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/feed/ 0 Smart Roofs Energy installs rooftop array for Connecticut printing company /2025/01/smart-roofs-solar-installs-rooftop-array-for-connecticut-printing-company/ /2025/01/smart-roofs-solar-installs-rooftop-array-for-connecticut-printing-company/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:52:57 +0000 /?p=108366 The Connecticut Green Bank announced the closing of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing for a solar photovoltaic system at Hitchcock Printing & Distribution Services, located at 191 John Downey Drive in New Britain, Connecticut. The system is estimated to save the business more than $1.2 million in avoided energy costs over the next…

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]]> /2025/01/smart-roofs-solar-installs-rooftop-array-for-connecticut-printing-company/feed/ 0 K2 Quote solar racking design program integrated with Aurora /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/ /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:59:15 +0000 /?p=108362 K2 Systems, a solar mounting system solutions provider, has integrated K2 Quote directly the Aurora platform. This will let users design their racking systems entirely within Aurora, generating a bill of materials (BOM) without switching applications. By enabling permissions on the Aurora platform, users can access K2 Quote through Design Mode, choose their preferred racking…

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]]> /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/feed/ 0 2-MW rooftop solar project coming to bilingual elementary school in Florida /2025/01/2-mw-rooftop-solar-project-coming-to-bilingual-elementary-school-in-florida/ /2025/01/2-mw-rooftop-solar-project-coming-to-bilingual-elementary-school-in-florida/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:18:25 +0000 /?p=108328 Renaissance Arts and Education (RAE), Tampa Bay Solar and Regenerative Shift will collaborate on a 2-MW rooftop solar project at ¡HOLA! Elementary, a bilingual elementary school in Palmetto, Florida, within RAE’s Manatee School for the Arts. The project is scheduled to be placed into service by summer 2025. The project intends to pursue the domestic…

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]]> /2025/01/2-mw-rooftop-solar-project-coming-to-bilingual-elementary-school-in-florida/feed/ 0 Floating solar project overlooks skiing capital of Utah /2025/01/floating-solar-project-overlooks-skiing-capital-of-utah/ /2025/01/floating-solar-project-overlooks-skiing-capital-of-utah/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:37 +0000 /?p=108229 The first floating solar project built in Utah is located on a reservoir atop a mountain at an elevation of 7,000 ft. This 587.5-kW solar project is powering a water treatment facility serving Park City, a skiing destination that draws millions of visitors annually. Floating solar was Mountain Regional Water Special Service District’s (MRW) first…

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