Tag: carports

  • 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……

  • 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……

  • 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

  • Edison Energy helps chemical supplier Ashland add solar carports

    Edison Energy has helped major specialty chemical manufacturer Ashland add one of Delaware’s largest solar carports to its headquarters in Wilmington. Ashland relocated to Delaware from Kentucky after its purchase of Hercules, Inc., a Wilmington-based chemical and munitions manufacturer. The new solar carports are part of a sustainability program that hasRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Largest on-site craft brewery solar project now live via Duke Energy, REC Solar

    Duke Energy and Firestone Walker Brewing Co. have completed one of the largest on-site solar arrays in the craft beer industry ­­­– a 2.1-megawatt solar array and 281-kilowatt solar carport on 9.7 acres in Paso Robles, Calif. The arrays will generate the majority of the brewery’s energy, which is enough toRead More — Solar Builder magazine