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Solar Builder Q4 2024 Project of the Year Awards

In the Q4 2024 issue, Solar Builder celebrates its annual Project of the Year Awards. The honorees are divided into four categories — Under 100 kW, 101 kW to 1 MW, 1 MW to 10 MW, and Over 10 MW — plus the Editors’ Choice Awards. Don’t miss our ESS Buyer’s Guide, full of insights on industry standards, market trends and product information related to energy storage. This issue also delves into the impacts of the domestic content adder on small-scale solar development, plus a look at how solar impacts home value and ethical solar financing. Don’t miss tips on how to get DG projects online faster, trends on utility rate escalation, reliability standards, digital transformation, and liability risks. The Q4 digital magazine is sponsored by Generac, the total energy solutions company powering a smarter world.


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Project of the Year Awards

Our annual Project of the Year Awards highlight how a supportive policy or forward-thinking corporation can make all the difference not just for the distributed generation of electricity but for bringing about social justice and building a new local workforce. Congrats to all of this year’s winners and thanks to everyone who nominated a project, voted and/or shared it on social media. And thanks to Aurora Solar for sponsoring this year’s awards.

  • Under 100 kW | Adventure Science Center (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • 101 kW to 1 MW | Camino Real Mobile Estates (Lathrop, California)
  • 1 MW to 10 MW | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Over 10 MW | Escalante Solar (Prewitt, New Mexico)
  • Editors’ Choice Awards | Five more projects too cool to leave out

ESS Buyer’s Guide

  • 9540, eh? Too bad: Why fire departments and AHJs are pushing back on 9540A. By Chris Crowell
  • A battery of questions: The lithium battery MESS conversation continues. By Chris Crowell
  • Energy Storage Buyer’s Guide: Select products from the online 2025 ESS Buyer’s Guide.

The Buzz

  • Domestic Influence: Unintended consequences for small-scale solar. By Chris Crowell
  • Solar + home value: Do your customers know the impacts? By Charles W. Thurston
  • Ethical solar financing: Solar lending practices from OneEthos.

Columns

  • DESIGN: Three ways developers can get DG projects online even faster By Eric Lorenz
  • DESIGN: Fixes emerging for energy storage interconnect queue By Charles W. Thurston
  • ANALYZE: Utility rate escalation is trending up By Joseph Rizzotti
  • DISCUSS: Upping reliability standards By Kellie Macpherson
  • DISCUSS: The situationship of the solar industry and utilities By Jessica Fishman
  • DISCUSS: 3 key tools driving digital transformation in solar By Sami Ghantous & Matt Brocklehurst
  • PLUS: Is commercial lithium battery recycling finally economic? By Charles W. Thurston

Power Forward!