Mascot Pecan Shelling Installs Multi-Million Dollar Solar Array
Glennville, GA, December 9, 2016: Mascot Pecan Shelling Company has hired Coastal Solar to install a multi million dollar solar array system using ground-mounted solar panels on land adjacent to their pecan shelling and packaging plant. For Mascot Pecan Shelling Company, the energy required to shell, cool, and freeze its pecans was increasing each year, culminating to over 2.2 million kilowatt-hours last year, with a whopping $260,000 bill as of last year.
SunLink Ranked Fifth Fastest Growing Energy Tech Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500™
Mill Valley, Calif. – Novebmer 16, 2016 – SunLink Corporation today announced it ranked as the fifth fastest growing EnTech company on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. SunLink grew 215 percent during this period.
GP JOULE and Smith Family Wines Come Together in a Winning Combination of Innovation, Sustainability and Enjoyment
A high-ranking delegation from Schleswig-Holstein visits the GP JOULE solar park at Smith Family Wines, Paraiso Vineyards Estate in the Sunshine State of California – vintners at the world-famous Paraiso Vineyards demonstrate how wine cultivation and renewable energies come together to form a winning combination.
AllEarth Renewables Donates Portion Of Sales To Overturn Discriminatory Law
AllEarth Renewables, a Vermont-based solar tracker manufacturer, will donate a portion of every tracker sale in North Carolina to the repeal effort of HB 2, the state's new discriminatory law. HB 2 overturned protections for LGBT people and sanctioned discrimination across North Carolina. Until the discriminatory law is repealed, AllEarth will donate 1 percent of every sale in NC to Equality NC, an organization leading the HB 2 repeal effort.
Sunrun Partners With Minor League Baseball To Educate Fans On Home Solar Power
Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in the U.S., today announced a new multi-year sponsorship with Minor League Baseball, continuing its support of America’s national pastime. As the “Preferred Residential Solar Power Provider of Minor League Baseball,” Sunrun will share how baseball fans across the country can save 20 percent on their home electricity bills with clean power from the sun.
New SEIA Trade Committee Leadership
Joe Mendelson, director of policy and electricity markets and regulatory counsel for SolarCity, is the new chair of the SEIA Trade Committee.
Nevada Power Plant First In The World With Solar-Geothermal Mix
Nevada's governor, the premier of Italy and the director of the U.S. Energy Department's renewable energy labs on Tuesday formally dedicated the final piece of the only hybrid power plant in the world producing renewable energy by combining geothermal with two kinds of solar power. The Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant built by a U.S.
GRID Alternatives' Greschner Discusses State, Federal Policy Options For Opening Solar Power Access
With the price of solar power down significantly in recent years, how widespread is the use of solar in low-income communities and households? During today's OnPoint, Stanley Greschner, vice president of government relations and market development at GRID Alternatives, discusses his organization's new policy guide that seeks to open solar power and solar job access to low-income households throughout the United States.
Conergy's Brandt Says Industry To See Little Impact From Power Plan Stay
How dependent are solar producers on federal tax credits and state renewable energy policies? During today's OnPoint, Yann Brandt, regional head of the Americas at Conergy, discusses his company's growth projections amid industry volatility and regulatory uncertainty. He also talks about the international markets that are showing the greatest potential for expansion of solar.
Boviet Solar Modules Pass Long-Term Reliability Tests
Boviet Solar USA, a solely owned subsidiary of Powerway Group Co. and manufacturer of what they report is the largest, state-of-the-art solar cell and manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, announced today that its modules were tested by Intertek and have passed the industry’s highest long-term reliability tests, far exceeding the IEC standards.