Tag: trackers

  • 12 takeaways from VDE tracker hail stow strategies report

    Protecting solar facilities from damaging weather can save project stakeholders big in the long run. A new report from VDE Americas and Wells Fargo Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance provides actionable strategies for the best way to stow trackers during a hail storm or other similar event. Published Feb. 14, “Best Practices for Hail Stow of Single-Axis……

  • Kinematics opens new facility in China to double manufacturing capacity

    Intelligent motion control experts Kinematics has unveiled a new 270,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China. The state-of-the-art facility was brought online in only five months, from start to 100% production capacity. The manufacturing facility doubles the company’s capacity and ensures its ability to annually support up to 33 GW of new solar tracking capacity….…

  • Soltec unveils new SFOne dual-row solar tracker for the U.S market

    Soltec has introduced a new tracker with a unique vertically aligned dual-row design. Designed exclusively for the U.S. solar market, the SFOne USA combines the manufacturer’s expertise in design, manufacturing and installation to deliver a solution that streamlines and optimizes solar energy generation. With the vertically aligned dual-row design, the SFOne tracker maximizes solar energy……

  • Nextracker opens new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas

    Nextracker has just unveiled a new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas along with Unimacts, which will own and operate the facility. The new facility will produce critical steel components exclusively for Nextracker used in ground-mount solar power generation plants to serve projects in Nevada and southwestern states. This is Nextracker’s sixth public dedication of……

  • Stracker Solar: Passion leads to prosperity for dual-axis tracker manufacturer

    The roots of Stracker Solar were formed in the mid-1970s when founder and COO Jeff Sharpe began designing and installing “bread box” solar water heaters with his father in Southern California’s San Joaquin Valley. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ashland, Oregon, Stracker Solar grew out of the community-based energy engineering business Sharpe founded a……