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September 2019 | Issue #27
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What A Great Time It Was
We just returned from Solar Power International, the largest energy event in North America, and we just want to say: "Wow, what an event it was."
Abby Hopper, the president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), got the event off to a great start by announcing SEIA’s roadmap. “The Solar+ Decade represents opportunity and a paradigm shift as we transform energy use in America,” said Abigail Ross Hopper. “When we hit this goal, by 2030 we will more than double our workforce and add $345 billion in private investment, all while offsetting electricity sector emissions by 35%. But we can’t get there on momentum alone. We’ll need policies, alliances, and action from every member of the industry to make these goals a reality.”
We are prepared for it and we are helping our customers prepare for it. Standard Solar is leading the solar century by providing smart solar electric solutions nationwide.
The most important discussions, however, centered on a critical issue facing the industry in the short term: defending the investment tax credit (ITC). Speaker after speaker impressed upon the attendees that it’s up to us as an industry to fight harder than ever to get the ITC extended by calling our representatives and letting them know how an expiration would affect our businesses.
Finally, we want to congratulate the organizers for putting together another great educational program for SPI—we can't wait to see what you do next year.
This edition includes:
- How the U.S. stacks up with the UN’s global transition to renewable energy and how we are doing our part;
- Our Solar Builder Project of the Year Award finalists: Flushing (Michigan) Community Schools and the Western Slope (Colorado) Community Solar projects;
- Exciting news about our newly-acquired 7-megawatt portfolio of distributed generation solar projects for the Lake Elsinore Unified School District; and
- A video highlighting our Gallup project, a winner of a 2018 Solar Builder Project of the Year Award.
Enoy!
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Tell us how we’re doing or topics you’d like to cover in our next issue at info@renewpub.com.
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Industry Perspective
How Solar Will Help The World Meet Its Climate Goals
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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has identified “a global transition to renewable energy” as a key priority in the fight against climate change. At the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York last month, Guterres called on global leaders to come prepared with concrete plans that went beyond addressing mitigation to a full transformation of economies in line with sustainable development goals.
The summit resulted in several new aggressive commitments to renewable energy and net zero emissions targets.
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But how does the United States stack up on solar compared to the rest of the world?
As the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, there’s no question that the U.S. should play a leadership role on renewable energy, and at Standard Solar, we’ve been proud to be part of the solution.
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Project Profile
Two Projects Nominated For Project Of The Year
Our team could not be more excited that our Western Slope Community Solar project (Category: Residential solar: Community Solar) and Flushing Community Schools (Category: Large-scale) projects have BOTH been nominated for the Solar Builder Project of the Year. These projects along with the site owners, partners. developers, EPCs and all the other players that made them possible exemplify the great work that can get done when the right combination of partners come together!
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Featured Blog
School Is In Session
Michigan, a state that has a long history of coal-fired electricity plants, is emerging as a leader in the solar century. We are excited to partner with public/private initatives that grow solar energy throughout the state.
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News
Standard Solar Invests in Distributed Generation Solar Portfolio for Lake Elsinore Unified School District, CA
This September we announced the acquisition of a 7-megawatt (MW) portfolio of distributed generation (DG) solar projects for the Lake Elsinore Unified School District (LEUSD) in Lake Elsinore, Calif. The portfolio of projects includes a solar array on a capped landfill and seven solar canopies at district schools.
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Video
City of Gallup, New Mexico—2018 Solar Builder Project of the year Finalist
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Last year our City of Gallup, New Mexico solar project was voted a finalist for the Solar Builder Project of the Year. The land for this project was located in a 100-year-floodplain, which meant designing a system to withstand the conditions created by a flood of that magnitude. Check out our video about this exciting project!
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MnSEIA Gateway to Solar Conference
Minneapolis, MN
October 21-22, 2019
Maryland Clean Energy Summit
Hyattsville, MD
October 22, 2019
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Mountain West Renewables Summit
Scottsdale, AZ
October 22-24, 2019
Southeast Renewable Energy
Atlanta, GA
October 27-30, 2019
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