Editor’s Choice Awards Not everyone who submits a project to the Project of the Year Awards gets recognized. This year we saw close to 50 entries, among which we selected 27 across six categories for the online vote, leading to the six winners we just featured. So no, not everyone gets a trophy … but…
Extra Space Storage Neptune, N.J. | 500 kW (6.5 MW across 10 sites) Solar Landscape won the Project of the Year award for Community Solar last year as well, and that’s no fluke. Solar Landscape itself is a pre-eminent community solar installer, but some of those props are due in part to its state. New…
Mililani Solar I plant O‘ahu, Hawai‘i | 39 MW + 156 MWh The stakes were high for the Mililani Solar I plant: O‘ahu is the most populous Hawaiian island, urgently needed an infusion of clean energy to replace power provided by a 180-MW coal plant (the last such plant on the island), which Hawaiian Electric…
Navajo Hard Rock Chapter House Black Mesa region, Ariz. | 18 kW + 36 kWh Zoomed out, the 2022 Residential Solar Project of the Year, a 18-kW solar array and 36-kWh energy storage system installed at the Navajo Hard Rock Chapter House, is just one dot of progress on a backdrop of historic, widespread disenfranchisement.…
Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus Fresno, Calif. | 3.8 MW The 2022 C&I Ground-Mount Project of the Year could also be considered the power purchase agreement (PPA) of the year. Whether it is due to inflation or supply chain issues, costs are rising across the country. Energy markets are volatile, especially in California. Assessing all…
University of California, Riverside Riverside, Calif. | | 474 kW The University of California, Riverside project winning the C&I Rooftop Project of the Year is a real win for installers and engineers who encounter all sorts of complications on each project and must get creative to find solutions that meet or even exceed customer objectives.…
Shungnak Community Microgrid Solar Project Shungnak, Ala. | 225 kW + 384 kWh Above the Arctic Circle, in the remote village of Shungnak, Alaska, against the backdrop of a pristine wooded landscape, residents would hear the constant sound (and smell) of a diesel-based power plant system. These generators weren’t economical or convenient either. Fuel needs…