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The community solar agreement between Nexamp and Starbucks enables the addition of more solar farms in Illinois.

Starbucks partnership paves way for 40 MW of new community solar in Illinois

Nexamp announced a new community solar partnership with Starbucks. By committing as a long-term renewable electricity purchaser, Starbucks will anchor the deployment of more than 40 MW of solar energy in Illinois communities. The six new community solar projects being added to Nexamp’s growing Illinois portfolio will provide significant electricity savings to more than 1,100 local residents who subscribe within the ComEd and Ameren utility territories.

In addition to the clean energy and savings benefits for communities, these solar farms also represent impactful employment opportunities and will accelerate Nexamp’s workforce development initiatives in the state. Construction and operation on these six projects will help create several hundred new jobs, including roles for participants in Nexamp’s new fellowship programs. Through partnerships with organizations such as City Colleges of Chicago, the Chicago Urban League, Uplift Community High School, 22C, and other Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) job training organizations, Nexamp is leading workforce development programs aimed at a wider range of communities.

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Source: Solar Power World

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Dalaman Airport has unveiled the world’s largest solar roof, setting a new standard for renewable energy use in aviation.

World’s largest solar roof powers Dalaman Airport

Dalaman Airport has unveiled the world’s largest solar roof, setting a new standard for renewable energy use in aviation.

This innovative project, built on the terminal building’s roof, is a significant leap towards sustainability and showcases Dalaman Airport’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.

One of Turkey’s busiest airports, Dalaman Airport has implemented a solar energy system capable of producing 10,230 MWh annually.

This project is designed to meet over 55% of the airport’s yearly energy needs, effectively preventing approximately 4,500 tons of CO₂ emissions each year—equivalent to preserving 200,000 trees.

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South L.A. Ecolab is a $35M initiative that aims to transform a 4-square-mile area of South LA into a model of sustainability

First of 140 solar roofs gets installed in South L.A.

Last week saw the completion of the first of up to 140 solar rooftop panel installations under a $35 million initiative that aims to transform a 4-square-mile area of South Los Angeles into a model of sustainability.

The initiative, known as South L.A. EcoLab, was set up last year by the South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone and involves a host of community nonprofits and government agencies. Besides solar rooftop panel installations, the five-year initiative involves tree plantings, an e-bike lending program, construction of electric vehicle charging stations, a car-sharing program and various measures to promote the use of mass transit.

All the programs target residents in a 4-square-mile area of South L.A. bounded by Vernon Avenue on the north, Western Avenue on the west, Central Avenue on the east and 61st Street on the south.

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Source: LA Business Journal

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Amsterdam will make installing solar panels and heat pumps easier and allow visible installations on monuments and heritage buildings.

Amsterdam to allow solar panels on monuments

The city of Amsterdam is to permit the installation of solar panels on monuments and buildings in protected cityscapes. The decision is part of the city’s Sustainable Heritage Implementation Agenda, which is designed to bring historic buildings in Amsterdam in line with modern sustainability targets.

The new measures will come into force by 2025. The city also plans to ease solar panel and heat pump installations through permit-free work or an accelerated permit procedure.

The rules will allow solar panels in full view and permit air heat pumps on roofs. Other planned regulations include insulating 123,000 homes by the end of the decade and allowing greenery on the roofs and facades of some monuments.

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Source: PV Magazine

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Sunreef shared a new sustainability strategy and is now integrating recycled PET bottles into its solar electric yacht production process.

Sustainability at sea: Sunreef is integrating recycled plastic bottles into solar electric yachts

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Sunreef Yachts is already a solar electric boatbuilder recognized for its sustainability efforts in the maritime industry but is now taking things a step greener. The company is now integrating recycled PET bottles into its solar electric yacht production process.

Sunreef Yachts has been operating out of Gdansk, Poland, for over 20 years alongside a newer footprint established in the United Arab Emirates. From day one in 2002, Sunreef has been pushing the boundaries of sustainable marine travel, launching the world’s first 74-foot luxury oceangoing catamaran with a flybridge.

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Feed-in Tariff program has 155 projects with a combined capacity of 105.2MW in service as of Dec. 2023, according to the program dashboard.

Los Angeles public-private partnership aims to advance industrial solar

Dive Brief:

  • A 1.5-megawatt solar array atop an industrial building in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles is the latest renewable energy project to take advantage of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Feed-in Tariff program.
  • FiT has 155 projects with a combined capacity of 105.2 megawatts in service as of December 2023, according to the program dashboard. Another 114 projects representing 72 MW are planned or under development, leaving 57.7 MW in capacity for eligible applicants.
  • Applicants must agree to sell power back to LADWP for at least 10 years, according to the program website — one of several barriers to participation that Arielle Lopez, policy and programs associate for sustainability at the Los Angeles Business Council, identified in an interview with Facilities Dive.

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Source: Utility Dive

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When completed, the pergola at All Saints Church in Riverside, CA, will resemble a patio cover that will collect power from the sun's rays.

Church in Riverside, CA creates path to sustainability through solar

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When completed, the approximately 60- x 30-foot steel pergola at All Saints Church in Riverside, California, will resemble a shade structure or patio cover. It will shield church members from the sun’s rays while solar panels on top collect power from those rays, leading to elimination of the parish’s monthly electric bill and possibly even turning a profit.

“We have this list of things we think God is calling us to do … just looking at all the different ways we can care for creation,” said the Rev. Kelli Grace Kurtz, rector of All Saints.

The church, a participant in the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society program to increase post-disaster community resiliency in faith-based institutions, has been tackling that list in the interest of clean energy. Their efforts included removing an old gas stove in the kitchen, beginning a solar panel project and “a next big chapter would be installing electric vehicle charging stations and putting in LED lights,” Kurtz said.

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Source: Episcopal News Service

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UC Students design & build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity that doesn’t need to be connected to the grid.

Students design & build affordable, energy-efficient home

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A group of UC Riverside mechanical engineering undergrads started a year and a half ago with just a grant application and an idea.

None of them had architectural or building construction experience. Yet they managed to obtain funding and design and build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity so wisely it doesn’t need to be connected to the grid.

Fresh off exhibiting a section of the house at a home design show in Orange County, the students were invited in November to design and display a second home at an international design competition in St. Louis in 2025 called the Gateway Decathlon. The invite comes with a $100,000 grant, though the students expect to raise additional funds to complete the project.

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Source: UC Riverside

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Sesame Solar and Watergen's collaboration provides a source of safe, clean water for both drinking and renewable energy production.

Sesame Solar and Watergen partner on mobile nanogrids that provide power and drinking water

Two kinds of technology are coming together to create renewable energy and drinking water for use in everything from emergencies to entertainment.

Sesame Solar out of Jackson, Michigan, makes mobile nanogrids that generate off-grid power within 15 minutes using solar, green hydrogen and battery storage.

The nanogrids consist of a retractable solar array that charges a battery system to produce green hydrogen via electrolyzers. The hydrogen system needs deionized water to run, which Sesame keeps on hand during deployments.

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Source: Forbes

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Combining both agriculture and solar power generation can also help optimize the productivity and efficiency of land use.

How solar energy can help boost biodiversity and farming

The farming industry has always been associated with the good stewardship of natural resources, but it is branching out into new areas of sustainability, including renewable energy.

Using cleaner and greener forms has many obvious benefits, including reducing carbon emissions and other types of pollution, but in the case of farming it can also have additional benefits.

In particular, combining both agriculture and solar power generation — often called agrivoltaics — can also help optimize the productivity and efficiency of land use.

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Source: Forbes

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