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Tag: ground mount

  • DCE Solar’s Contour DB racking selected for 1.38 MW installation

    After exceeding expectations on their first solar installation, ASSA ABLOY selected DCE Solar’s highly-adaptable Contour DB (Driven Beam) racking system for their second installation. The original project over-delivered in terms of ease of installation despite very uneven terrain, which normally would have had to be significantly graded to accommodate traditionalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Case study: How DCE Solar’s Cap-Rack System helped a 4.9-MW multi-site project

    Overview As the first of five landfill sites in the Meriden, Connecticut area planned for conversion to a solar field, excellent results in terms of budget, performance and environmental safety were a must. Greenskies Renewable Energy knew that there could be no compromise on quality or compliance with procedures forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Case study: Solving commercial site challenges with adaptable ground-mount system

    ASSA ABLOY, a premier North American shipping company, was looking to offset electric costs and minimize the carbon footprint at its Maryland distribution and processing hub. With more than 569,000-sq-ft of available roof space, the company determined that installing a solar system would provide the facility with an opportunity to accomplishRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Project of the Year Runner-up: Cambridge Solar

      Cambridge, Md. | 4.3 MW In 2012, the National Aquarium in Baltimore began exploring rooftop solar as a way to decrease dependence on traditional energy resources. However, given the National Aquarium’s unique building design, rooftop panels were nearly impossible. The limited roof space could only accommodate a very smallRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Ground-Mount Project of the Year: USVI Solar I

    St. Thomas, U.S.  Virgin Islands | 5 MW Daunting. That was the first word Sam Ley, energy systems engineer for AES Distributed Energy, used to describe USVI Solar I, our Ground-Mount Project of the Year. And really, we could have just printed that one word in bold, 72-point type nearRead More — Solar Builder magazine