So far in our Best Practices for Sustainable Solar Development series, we’ve covered Design, Procurement, Construction, and Vegetation Management. These are all important aspects for developing and building the solar project, yet sustainability doesn’t stop after interconnection. In Part 5, we’ll discuss best practices for sustainably operating and maintaining the project (O&M) and sustainable practices for end-of-life management and restoring the land after its …
Webinar Recording and Transcript: Got Land? Learn How to Evaluate Your Agricultural or Distressed Industrial Property for Building Solar Power Plants The following is a lightly edited and time-stamped transcription of Inovateus Solar’s webinar “Got Land? Learn How to Evaluate Your Agricultural or Distressed Industrial Property for Building Solar Power Plants” Joining the discussion was Tim Powers of Inovateus Solar, …
In Part 3 of our blog series on sustainable solar development, we discussed Inovateus’ strategyfor how to achieve zero-waste construction. In part 4, we’ll go over vegetation management. Traditional solar developers rarely consider the landscaping or seed mix that gets planted undera solar array. With typical vegetation management practices, the solar developer will clear theland of any vegetation before construction. After construction, …
In our last post on sustainable solar development, we discussed procurement, the “P” in the acronym EPC, which stands for engineering, procurement, and construction. In part three of this six-part series, we’ll discuss the “c,” construction. Solar construction waste has a tangible and visible impact on the environment and the solar project’s community. Multimegawatt projects involve thousands of solar modules that are …
As many of our customers and colleagues know, Inovateus Solar’s mission is “To Build a Brilliant Tomorrow,” and that includes recognizing and being grateful for what we’ve accomplished today and in 2021. By the end of 2021, Inovateus will have: 1.89 Gigawatts under development in the Midwest. Recycled, reused, or repurposed 68.12 tons of construction waste from all projects. Planted/under development 292.86 Acres of bee & butterfly pollinator-friendly. …
In part one of our series on best practices for sustainable solar development, we went over our guidelines for sustainable solar design. For part two, we’ll discuss solar equipment procurement. Procurement is the “P” in the acronym “EPC,” which stands for engineering, procurement, and construction. Before we discuss our journey toward sustainable procurement, let’s go over what procurement means in …
As the solar industry grows, many landowners are discovering that their land can become an asset for solar developers, providing a steady revenue stream over a long-term contract. However, not all land is a good fit for solar development and many landowners have questions about how a solar project might affect their land over 25 years or longer. Inovateus has …
Dear Inovateus Solar community, Our team is excited to announce the launch of our new Inovateus Solar website! We would love you to visit to check out the new features and design. The new site has been designed to streamline the user experience, with features which allow for easy navigation of information which matters most to you. A single …
Could it be argued that the Solar PV industry is one of the more sustainable industries on the planet? Solar power is a prime form of renewable energy, and it doesn’t consume natural resources on a daily basis. Fossil fuels are typically consumed during the manufacturing of solar equipment on the front-end, but once deployed at a solar project, they …
As far as federal energy regulatory policy announcements go, it’s rare for the FERC commissioner to issue major public comments on federal regulation. Then again, FERC Order 2222 is not just any order; upon its release in September 2020, Commissioner Neil Chatterjee called it “a landmark, foundational rule that paves the way for the grid of tomorrow.” Why is this …
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 …
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 …
