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By: Jefferson Gerwig

With many utilities, universities, and Fortune 500 companies establishing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, there’s an increasing need to understand the environmental impacts of developing and constructing solar projects, solar equipment, and the manufacturer’s related supply chain. That’s one of the reasons why Inovateus published our second annual sustainability report, and as Inovateus’ Director of Procurement, it’s also the reason why I recently obtained my

By: Tyler Kanczuzewski

SOUTH BEND, IN, April 1, 2021 — In its continuing effort to be the most sustainable solar development company in the United States, Inovateus Solar announced that its entire sales, executive, and operations teams will now commute to the office and to local job sites with horses equipped with flat-bed carriages instead of gas-powered pickup trucks. The truck-to-horse transition comes

By: Jordan Covely

When a business, K-12 school, or a manufacturing company decides to go solar, often the next step is to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) based on another school in the same district or another nearby business, or even a public RFP found after a Google search. While this may provide some useful information, commercial solar installations are far from

By: Tyler Kanczuzewski

According to the Sierra Club, over 170 cities and small towns across the U.S. have already set 100% clean energy goals. While many of these cities and their municipal utilities are transitioning to solar to meet climate and financial goals, solar developments can offer many other benefits that impact local jobs, the overall environment, and economic business development. Inovateus’ work

By: TJ Kanczuzewski

It’s been quite a 2020 at Inovateus. Despite the pandemic, our mission to build a brilliant tomorrow with solar solutions continued with only minor delays in construction. As of the end of 2020, Inovateus now has over 500 MW of solar built or under development. The year also had many firsts for the company. Here are some of the highlights:

By: wp_admin

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

By: Tuan Ngo

Inovateus Solar and Brilliant Capital, our new solar financing partner, recently broadcast a live webinar for “How to Smooth Over the Speed Bumps of Solar Project Financing for Businesses, Schools, Municipalities & Utilities.” Solar project development can often be slowed down or completely stopped by the lack or uncertainty of solar project financing. In this informative webinar, Danny Nussbaum, VP of

By: wp_admin

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

By: Tim Powers

Inovateus Solar is proud to have just received the POWER Magazine Top Plant Award for Renewable Energy for our Kokomo Solar One brownfield project, so we’d like to offer some brief guidance on how to turn more brownfield sites into productive solar energy brightfields. What is a Brownfield? A brownfield is essentially a land parcel contaminated by hazardous substances or

By: Austin Willenbrock

Q1: Students, faculty, & alumni want us to be 100% renewable orcarbon neutral by a certain date. Is that really possible? The question is not whether it’s possible, because it is. Several colleges have achieved this goal already.The real question is timing and how to accomplish your goal for your facilities and campuses. If a detailedcarbon-neutral plan hasn’t already been

By: wp_admin

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

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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