Peterborough, August 24, 2015 – Today, Solar Provider Group (SPG), Calvary Church, and Métis Nation of Ontario – BrightRoof Solar celebrate the completion of a 190 kW solar project installed on the roof of the Pentecostal parish building in Peterborough, Ontario. The 190 kW system will deliver more than 265 megawatt hours of clean electricity to the Ontario power grid … Read More
Los Angeles, July 29, 2015 – Today, Solar Provider Group, together with Levy Affiliated and Edge 3 Holdings, celebrates the opening ceremony of a 300 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar project at Angelus Grand Plaza, 3650 East Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles. The project is the first to be part of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) program … Read More
Toronto, May 5, 2015 – Today, Solar Provider Group (SPG), together with Metro Label Company, celebrates the opening ceremony of a 350 kW solar project at Metro Label Company’s Toronto location. The solar project is one of Solar Provider Group’s largest installations to date in the Greater Toronto Area. “Projects like this solar installation at Metro Label are a fantastic … Read More
Los Angeles, California – April 9, 2015 – KB Racking, a leading North American solar mounting company, and A1 Solar Power Inc., a premiere California solar installation company, have completed their first co-rooftop project: a non-penetrating rooftop solar system in the state of California. The project is located on the coast of Corte Madera, just north of San Francisco. The … Read More
Toronto ON – January 12 2015 – KB Racking has been focused on developing innovative solar mounting solutions since the onset of Ontario’s Feed-in-Tariff program. In 2011, KB Racking stepped away from the industry standard and designed EkonoRack – Canada’s first foot-based mounting system. The objective was to provide customers with an alternative to the complex and expensive rail-based systems … Read More
Los Angeles – California, January 2014 – Los Angeles’s 150 MW Clean LA Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program was adopted earlier this year, becoming the largest FIT solar program in the United States. Solar Provider Group, a multinational EPC company, has the most projects in development in the LA FIT program and has selected KB Racking as its solar mounting system solution … Read More
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Columnist 06/27/2013 – 5:59 PM PDT Christian Wentzel envisions Los Angeles’ expanse of commercial and industrial rooftops as a sea of green. Green, as in a source of solar generated electricity and a big source of revenue for solar energy companies. “When I fly into a city and during the landing I look out the window … Read More
Los Angeles, California – June 27 2013 – The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) says Los Angeles has inaugurated the city’s rooftop solar feed-in tariff (FIT) program, enabling building owners to create solar power plants on their rooftops and sell electricity power to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) for distribution on the city’s power grid. The program has a … Read More
DWP customers can add to the city grid through solar panels. Goal is 150 megawatts. June 27, 2013 | Catherine Green Atop a beige apartment complex in North Hollywood, rows of solar panels began providing energy Wednesday as part of what backers say is the nation’s largest urban rooftop solar program. Called Clean L.A. Solar, the program allows the Los Angeles … Read More
February, 2013 – Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern coast causing billions of dollars in damage. The hurricane may have touched down in southern New Jersey, but it had a destructive path almost a thousand miles wide. The high winds and heavy rain of the hurricane put PV solar arrays to the test. Some rooftop systems experienced damages, shifting and in … Read More
