By Micah Wiebe-Powell Last year my colleagues and I participated in the first-ever Inovateus Sustainability Challenge. I was thrilled to work at a company where I’m challenged and rewarded to improve my sustainability standards. I was even more thrilled to have performed enough sustainable actions to win first place. Sustainability is one of my core values because taking real action, …
My name is Logan Hand, and I am the Marketing and Sustainability Intern here at Inovateus Solar for the summer of 2021. As a college junior studying Environmental Economics and Management at Michigan State University (MSU) in my spring semester, finding an internship for this summer was a very important step in my future career. Having spent the summer working …
Reposting from our friends at Sol Systems This past week, two groups of students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presented to Sol Systems regarding their findings through the university’s sustainability minor capstone course. The students conducted an emissions audit for supply chain and land-usage for the university’s second utility-scale solar project, Solar Farm 2.0, a 54-acre, 12.3 MW dc …
When the pandemic initially hit, I wasn’t sure how it would impact my job. As the Senior Accounting Representative at Inovateus Solar, my primary duty is to send out invoices and collect payments. But with social distancing and other safety precautions being recommended, I had a lot of questions: Would we still go into the office? How would I be …
A note from Timothy F. Sutherland, Inovateus chairman of the board T.J. Kanczuzewski, left | Timothy F Sutherland, right For those who haven’t met me, my name is Tim Sutherland, and I’m honored to have become the new chairman of the board of Inovateus Solar. I’m also the founder of Middleburg Capital Development (MCD), a private equity company that recently made a …
By Jonathan Zebell, Business Development Manager Should your business or educational institution go solar during the COVID19 pandemic? Clearly, the global solar industry has been affected by the coronavirus, and the Midwest has not been immune. While Hoosiers and Midwestern neighbors are still facing health and safety risks, some stability is returning as states gradually open again and solar supply …
The steady and rapid growth of the solar industry over the last decade is largely a result of the 70% decline in solar installation costs. This is exciting news for K-12 school boards and districts who are seeking to secure short and long-term energy savings through on-site solar energy systems. Over 5,500 K-12 schools have gone solar across the country …
While most solar modules last 25 years or longer, they can be damaged before their useful end of life, and any defective modules need to be removed from service and replaced. For example, in Indiana, dozens of solar panels at a Hoosier Energy Utility were damaged as a result of a truck that ran off the highway and crashed into …
In its continuing effort to become the leading sustainable solar developer and EPC in the Midwest and throughout the United States, Inovateus Solar has expanded its sustainability goals to include 100% zero-waste bathrooms at its South Bend, Indiana headquarters. Modeling “the three R’s of sustainability” (reduce, reuse, and recycle), Inovateus has closed its restrooms and relocated them to the company’s …
As part of Inovateus Solar’s mission to build a brilliant tomorrow, we’ve recently implemented new sustainable solar development practices, striving to make at least half of our projects “zero waste” in 2020 and beyond. But what does it actually mean for a commercial or utility solar installation project to be “zero waste?” Like many new concepts in growth industries, the …
As the legislative year comes to a close, the solar industry is disappointed to hear the news this week that Congress has not to passed the extension of the full 30% Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC); it will now be reduced to 26% in 2020 and go down to 22% next year and down to 10% in the following year. …
The 7th Annual Michigan Energy Innovators Gala on November 14th was a celebration of Michigan energy companies and the business leaders who are the catalysts for growth and change in the Great Lakes State energy sector. It was a packed house and a diverse attendee list for the Innovators Gala. The most significant part of the evening had to be Governor Gretchen …
