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Same Sun of Vermont has deployed Enphase microinverters on a 56.2-kWDC commercial solar system for WhistlePig Rye Whiskey, a Vermont-based craft whiskey maker. Credit: Panasonic WhistlePig’s distillery is situated on a 500-acre former dairy farm in Shoreham, Vermont. For this commercial solar project, Same Sun used 173 Enphase IQ 7X microinverters across the distiller’s warehouse … Read more
We are all a little guilty of being ‘energy vampires’ here and there – sucking electricity as much as we can without even knowing we’re doing it. Little do we realise it, these bad habits stack up to a costly expense, bringing “bill shock” to our mailbox when we finally get the dollar amount for … Read more
Nautilus Solar Energy, a national owner-operator of solar projects, acquired a 10.4-MW community solar portfolio from ReneSola Power, a fully-integrated solar project developer and provider of energy-efficient products. The portfolio is comprised of eight single-axis tracker solar installations, each commonly referred to as a solar garden. Located in counties across the southern half of Minnesota, … Read more
Scarlet tanager. Credit: Kelsey Misbrener As more solar energy systems are installed across the United States, scientists are quantifying the effects on wildlife. Current data collection methods are time-consuming, but the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has proposed a solution. The lab has been awarded $1.3 million from DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies … Read more
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy announced that construction has begun on a new solar array along Route 100 in Morrisville, on land currently utilized for corn silage. Encore is evaluating the potential for establishing pollinator-friendly wildflower groundcover to provide support for the bees, butterflies and other creatures that are critical … Read more