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What is frost heave and how does it affect ground-mount solar projects?
The following is an excerpt from a whitepaper produced by TerraSmart. You can request to download the full version here. As the demand for renewable energy grows across North America, an increasing...
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SunModo’s SunTurf designed to overcome both rooftop and ground mount solar...
Navigating obstacles on the roof or ground used to be one of a solar installer’s worst challenges. SunModo‘s newest solar racking innovation, SunTurk, is a versatile, affordable solution that...
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Why Whidbey Sun & Wind mounts PV systems with Roof Tech’s RT MINI
Whidbey Sun & Wind was founded in 2000 by Kelly Keilwitz who oversees a staff of 10 from their office in Coupeville, Wash., in northern Puget Sound. The company provides a wide range of renewable...
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Consolidated Power: Esdec tells us about its big moves in the U.S. solar...
▲ L-R: Yann Brandt, Quick Mount PV; Stijn Vos, Esdec; Bart Leusink, EcoFasten; Rich Tiu, IronRidge. When I first saw the Esdec FlatFix at Solar Power International in Anaheim in 2018, I thought the...
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McElroy Metal adds solar system with roof recover at its third manufacturing...
After completing successful solar panel installations with roof recovers at plants in Peachtree City, Ga., and Adelanto, Calif., McElroy Metal recently completed a third solar conversion with its...
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Cypress Creek Renewable, Solar FlexRack team up on 105-MW solar plant in...
Solar FlexRack is installing a fixed-tilt solar racking system at a 105 MW solar power generation plant in North Carolina. Cypress Creek Renewables developed the project and is providing the...
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Solar tracker supplier Array Technologies partners with new logistics company
Phoenix Logistics, an affiliate of national private commercial real estate firm Phoenix Investors headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., announced a new multi-state contract with Array Technologies....
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Inside OMCO Solar’s strategy to serve the mid-size solar tracker market
Exhibit A: This recently completed tracker project in Pierceton, Ind., Solar trackers are proving to pencil out positively for smaller and smaller solar project sites, which is drawing more interest...
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Project profile: A complex solar installation on two different metal roof types
McElroy Metal Manufacturing Facility, Clinton, Ill. Photo courtesy of McElroy Metal. Metal roof attachment provider S-5! recently worked on a complex solar conversion project at a manufacturing...
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Unirac is taking this new non-penetrating solar mounting system worldwide
Unirac Inc. signed an exclusive global license deal with Solar Stack, a Florida-based manufacturer that has developed non-ballasted, non-penetrating solar mounting solution. With the signing of this...
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What to see at Intersolar North America 2020
Intersolar North America has a new home and time — set for San Diego from Feb. 4-6. Yes, it is right around the corner! For those attending, be sure to kick off your Solar+ Decade the right way and...
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Sunnova adds SunModo mounting, racking systems to its approved vendor list
Sunnova Energy International Inc., has added SunModo Corp., an innovator in the solar racking industry, to its exclusive Approved Vendor List (AVL). Through this new partnership, Sunnova’s network of...
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Hiding in plain sight: The case for rooftop batteries leading the next era of...
Yotta Solar has an intriguing rooftop battery system that can double as “ballast” to mount PV. Although self-evident in retrospect, game-changing innovations are rarely immediately obvious. Velcro...
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Cleveland-based company gets DOE grant money for its new commercial solar...
Acme Express Inc., a Cleveland-based, technology development company, has been awarded a $1-million Small Business Innovation Research grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies...
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Sunnova adds racking manufacturer SolaRack to its approved vendor list
SolaRack, an American solar racking manufacturer, today announced it has been added to the approved vendor list of privately held U.S. residential solar and battery storage service provider Sunnova....
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Details on a new solar roofing system debuting at the 2020 International...
F-Wave LLC, a roofing provider founded by roofing industry veterans in search of a better shingle, is looking to innovate the solar roof in the same way. The Texas-based company is introducing its new...
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What’s the ultimate bifacial solar PV site and tracker system setup? Soltec...
Example of Soltec’s 2-modules in portrait configuration, which reduces impact of the torque tube impeding bifacial module gains. The bifacial solar PV era is dawning, and Soltec wants to understand the...
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Sunflare’s new PowerFit 20 panels lie flat between standing metal roof seams
Sunflare specializes in innovative, lightweight rooftop solar PV solutions, and its latest idea is a totally new approach for adding PV to standing metal seam roofs. Pictured above is PowerFit 20, a...
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Array Technologies debuts a single-bolt clamp to speed up its DuraTrack...
Array Technologies, market leaders in single-axis solar tracking, announced the launch of RapidClamp, a patent pending single-bolt PV module clamp technology that drastically decreases solar module...
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Check out this guide to installing hurricane-resistant rooftop solar PV systems
This Sollega system survived hurricane Irma in 2017. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Clinton Foundation released a new report focusing on best practices for installing climate-resistant rooftop...
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