Tag: Mounting Guide
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60 Seconds in the Sunlight | TerraTrak designed for rocky Rumford Solar site
In this 60 Seconds in the Sunlight, we tour the 6.5 MW Rumford Solar farm in Rumford, Maine, developed and built by Nexamp with its partner Terrasmart, to overcome rocky soils, undulating slopes (up to a 20% grade ) and harsh Northeastern winters. The result is more than 5,000 ground screws and 215 TerraTrak single-axis……
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1P Tracker Case Study: Nexamp, Terrasmart solve windy Illinois community solar site
Located in Lostant, Illinois, in LaSalle County, Solitude II is a 3-MW community solar project brought to life by Nexamp, a solar developer that works with communities, businesses, and municipalities to democratize clean energy via community solar. For Nexamp, determining the best-fit racking solution for Solitude II started with understanding the dirt. The site has……
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To grade or not to grade? How SIFT determines optimal layouts for challenging solar sites
We focus a lot on the new structural solutions engineered by solar tracker manufacturers to mitigate challenges from undulating and difficult terrain — shorter torque tubes, ground screw foundations, more robust bearings, and so on. But those tools are only deployed after a thorough site assessment. Site assessment is another area of crucial innovation in……
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How NanoRack simplifies rail-less roof mount installs | The Pitch
An efficient rooftop solar installation often starts on the ground, and SunModo’s new NanoRack mounting solution promises more on-the-ground assembly than ever. NanoRack allows for fast installation, and it reduces the chances for errors and misalignment, which helps less experienced crews get up to speed quick. Steve Mumma, CEO of SunModo, explains this episode of……
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Steeling share: OMCO Solar’s factory-direct strategy built for solar’s domestic content era
The dawn of the domestic content era has begun in the United States solar industry, and arguably no tracker manufacturer is better positioned to support it than OMCO Solar. OMCO is a U.S. steel fabrication company. They have been roll forming steel parts for multiple industrial and transportation markets for over 75 years, and in……