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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 clean energy tech company Point Load Power. A strength of PV Booster is how it solvesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Residential Mounting and Racking Buyer’s Guide 2020

    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 advantages might be for certain roofs and solar installation companies. Here is what they had to say. SunModo’s NanoMountRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar tracker site layout streamline: PVcase designs can now transfer into PVsyst

    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 done with PVcase within AutoCAD can now be transferred directly to PVsyst, eliminating the need to re-create the designs inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Columbia Solar maximizes kW density of this solar carport via Quest Renewables

    New Columbia Solar and Quest Renewables completed a 241.2-kW solar system in Northeast D.C.’s Ward 5. The solar carport system was constructed and installed in March 2020 and will allow the property to generate an extra $12,000 in lease payments annually while also receiving capital improvements on the property. “AtRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Structural Solutions: Challenging solar sites solved by mounting and racking systems

    Giant, sprawling solar projects on flat landscapes are no longer the norm. For solar energy to proliferate across the country, PV systems need to affix to various unfriendly environments — rough terrains, oddly shaped parcels, confined city corners, obstructed roofs and so on. Luckily, there are more solutions for solvingRead More — Solar Builder magazine