Tag: Solar Trackers
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Solar FlexRack adds self powered option to its TDP solar trackers
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in solar tracker, mounting and project support services, is now offering a new, integrated Self Powered Solution for its TDP Solar Trackers. The safe and efficient technology simplifies the installation process by greatly reducing AC wiring and associatedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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RPCS completes 11 new solar tracker projects in Texas
RP Construction Services (RPCS) just completed 11 solar sites as part of a growing portfolio of projects in Texas for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. RPCS, responsible for the portfolio’s solar tracker installation, partnered with site developer and global energy firm Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and general contractor Performance Contracting, Inc.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Podcast: How NEXTracker ‘decapitated the duck’ with its new solar-plus-storage tracker design
Being the No. 1 tracker worldwide according to GTM Research, I will assume you’ve heard of NEXTracker and its decentralized tracker design by now. What you may not know about is the company’s giant leap into the storage arena with two solutions — NX Drive, a standardized battery enclosure systemRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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PV Pointer: How to optimize PV system structural design for environmental hazards
According to a recent study by SolarPower Europe, new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed worldwide in 2016 reached more than 76 gigawatts. This was largely due to dramatic growth led by the United States and China, with both countries almost doubling the amount of solar added from 2015. Globally thereRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Global solar tracker shipments up 32 percent, another 30 percent increase expected
Solar trackers continue to take more market share in large-scale PV design, and the #TrumpTariffs may even encourage more tracker deployment, in order for more conservative investors who traditionally installed fixed-tilt under pre-tariff pricing look to boost long-term project value. Even before accounting for that possibility, according to new dataRead More — Solar Builder magazine