Tag: carports
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Dual-use solar projects: Going beyond agrivoltaics and PV parking lots
This piece was submitted by Stracker Solar. As solar installations increase across the United States, two primary and sometimes competing concerns continue to impact developers and EPCs: finding space for larger-scale solar projects and keeping costs within budget. But with the development of innovative solar technologies, a novel space-saving concept has been gaining popularity: dual-use……
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Solarizing parking lots with solar carports or elevated solar trackers
This piece was submitted by Stracker Solar. With parking lots taking up roughly one-third of the land area across cities in the U.S., and rising concerns about the loss of arable land to industrial-size solar farms, attention has turned to how parking lots can be a vital option for energy generation. Beyond the readily available……
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AFC Solar is now a Stracker Solar tracker distributor
Texas-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm AFC Solar signed a distributor agreement with Oregon-based Stracker Solar, which specialized in elevated dual-axis solar trackers. The distribution partnership will boost Stracker Solar’s national expansion efforts and bring an elevated solar power solution to AFC Solar’s clients east of the Rocky Mountains in the Midwest, Southeast and……
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Advanced Green Technologies to break ground on 1.7 MW solar carport project in Florida
Solar contractor Advanced Green Technologies is set to break ground on two solar carports at the Raymond James Financial campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. Commencing in January 2023, the project will feature a total of 1.7 MW built on top of existing parking garages at the financial services firm’s corporate headquarters. “We are excited to work with……
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DSD shows off first of eight solar carports for IKEA stores in Maryland and California
Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has completed a custom solar carport designed and built for IKEA Baltimore. Initial results exceeded expectations with the location seeing an 84% decrease in the amount of energy needed to be purchased between September – December 2020, equating to a 57% cost savings for the store.Read More — Solar Builder magazine