Tag: Mounting Guide
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Outperform weather and terrain challenges: How Terrasmart services ensure solar project success
The solar industry’s steep growth curve brings with it unusual challenges, including the type of land available. Ideal sites—flat and soft terrain—are much harder to come by. So, developers of ground-mount systems are turning instead to rocky and hilly sites. Such land can be cheaper and produce higher margins, but only with the right expertise……
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Mincon now offers Trimble Ready drilling and piling option for solar industry
Mincon Solar Installation Drills and Pile Drivers are designed to pre-drill through rock, install ground screws and drive piles on solar construction projects. The manufacturer is now rolling out a Trimble Ready factory option for its piling and drilling attachments. Trimble Groundworks is a purpose-built machine control solution that enables contractors to perform drilling and……
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Frost heave mitigation matters for your solar project. Here’s why.
Solar PV modules actually perform better in colder temperatures, but the ground conditions in colder climates can challenge the structural foundation holding up those solar panels. Frost heave is the main point of consideration here. Frost heave is upward ground movement that occurs as soil freezes. Frost heave occurs because of ice lenses, which form……
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New solar tracker wind tunnel research solves for aeroelastic forces (and why that matters)
The solar industry — an emerging industry with rapidly evolving technology — is often, unfortunately, in learn-as-you-go mode. This is especially true when it comes to solar trackers, and understanding how they perform in various terrains and weather conditions. Traditional wind tests based on standard building codes often fail to capture the nuances of how……