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GAF Energy adds Flex option to give roofers more solar design flexibility
GAF Energy wants to own the roof-integrated solar product category in North America (solar systems installed by roofing contractors), and this new “Flex” option for its redesigned Decotech 2.0 system...
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Structural Solutions: Challenging solar sites solved by mounting and racking...
Amphenol Solar Project, New York. Solar FlexRack G3P-X and B3X Cast-In-Place (CIP). Giant, sprawling solar projects on flat landscapes are no longer the norm. For solar energy to proliferate across the...
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New Columbia Solar maximizes kW density of this solar carport via Quest...
QuadPod long span solar carports construction in Washington D.C. Photo: Quest Renewables New Columbia Solar and Quest Renewables completed a 241.2-kW solar system in Northeast D.C.’s Ward 5. The solar...
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Solar tracker site layout streamline: PVcase designs can now transfer into...
Two software updates aligned this week to streamline your next solar tracker site layout: PVcase has released version 1.33, and PVsyst has debuted version 7.0. This means single-axis tracker designs...
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Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide 2020: The How-To Edition
For this year’s Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide, we asked residential rooftop mounting and rail system providers to tell us exactly how one of their systems installs and what the...
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This rooftop solar tracker could boost C&I project ROI by 40 percent
Solar trackers are taking over the ground-mount space and there are a few contenders emerging to do the same with commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftops. One of those is PV Booster Gen 2 from...
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GAF Energy debuts virtual solar sales, design program for roofers
GAF Energy launched a robust program to help roofers virtually design and sell its roof-integrated solar solutions in North America. The new virtual services will allow roofers to maintain sales and...
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Nearmap adds AI analysis to its high-definition aerial images
Nearmap announced the general availability of new innovation Nearmap Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mapbrowser, making it the first aerial imagery provider to offer both AI analysis and...
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RPCS expands with new logistics facility in Mississippi (its third overall)
RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) announced earlier this week the opening of a new logistics facility in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The new facility is now the third distribution yard owned and...
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Kearsarge Energy retains GZA to support brownfield solar project in...
Kearsarge Energy and the Town of Montague, Mass., have tabbed the engineering serviced of GZA to support the brownfield development of a new 3-MW solar energy farm. The project will also involve...
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Unirac’s SOLARMOUNT approved for installs by Miami-Dade County, Florida...
Unirac’s SOLARMOUNT PV Mounting system is the first solar racking product to receive a Notice of Acceptance (NOA) for construction in Miami-Dade County, Florida. With its provisions for High Velocity...
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Residential BIPV in 2020: Solar shingles yield to roof-integrated innovation
Photo provided by GAF Energy. The integrated solar roof has long been a solar technology goal — combining solar power with a watertight roof covering — but the category (often seen as just “solar...
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Nextracker is rebranding and here’s why that matters
You may have noticed Nextracker didn’t get the all caps NEXT treatment in the headline (no? just us copy editors?). It is part of a big rebranding the company is undergoing — I was going to say “the...
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Self-flashing mounts for solar PV systems explained
Point of entry. Photo courtesy of Roof Tech. “Self-flashing mounts” is perhaps a new term for the PV mounting industry. It is a unique concept, so let’s look at how it should be interpreted. Flashing...
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Directional wind effects on single-axis solar tracker stow strategies...
As we enter the next decade of the utility-scale solar PV rollout, there are many uncertainties surrounding the future of the industry. Uncertainty surrounding the “greenness” of coronavirus recovery...
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Roof assessment checklist for rack-mounted solar installs
The technology and techniques for mounting solar panels on roofs has been around for a surprisingly long time (as early as 1884). Thanks to that history and the improvement of techniques over time,...
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RPCS to deliver over 85 MW of solar tracker projects for Indiana Municipal...
RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) have partnered to build a number of solar tracker projects to supply communities throughout the state of Indiana...
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Pure Safety Group debuts new fall protection system — Guardian Retractable HLL
Pure Safety Group, a company dedicated exclusively to fall protection for workers at height, introduces the Guardian Retractable HLL (horizontal lifeline). Available July 8 in North America, the HLL...
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RBI Solar launches Sunflower II solar tracker with industry-leading grade...
RBI Solar is officially launching the Sunflower II this week, its new single-axis tracker for the commercial and utility solar industries. With over 600 MW of single-axis trackers deployed across the...
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Sunpro Solar listed as a Certified Platinum Installer in new program from Unirac
Founded in 2008, Sunpro Solar is one of the leading providers of solar energy and battery storage for the Southern United States and Gulf regions. Headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, Sunpro Solar...
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