Tag: Solar Trackers
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OMCO Solar’s fifth U.S. manufacturing facility opens with new torque tube line
OMCO Solar, a provider of factory-direct solar trackers and fixed-tilt solutions, announced its fifth manufacturing facility in Warsaw, Indiana and a new, state-of-the-art torque tube line at their Pierceton, Indiana plant. The company now maintains over 500,000 square feet of domestic manufacturing capacity across five factory locations, and currently produces torque tubes in Phoenix, Arizona and Pierceton,……
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Stracker Solar: Passion leads to prosperity for dual-axis tracker manufacturer
The roots of Stracker Solar were formed in the mid-1970s when founder and COO Jeff Sharpe began designing and installing “bread box” solar water heaters with his father in Southern California’s San Joaquin Valley. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ashland, Oregon, Stracker Solar grew out of the community-based energy engineering business Sharpe founded a……
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Industry audit finds problematic solar racking designs at RE+ 2022
Mature industries are characterized by well-developed engineering practices, standards, quality management processes and highly reliable systems. The solar PV industry has generally not achieved this level of maturity in its structures and fastener technology. During the 2022 RE+ event in Anaheim, Calif., this past September, a research team walked the Exhibit Hall and found many……
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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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Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2023
There is a solar structure and electrical system for every space you encounter. From Midwestern mall parking lots to Northeastern landfills to vast rocky desert landscapes — and all of those solutions are listed in this 2023 Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide. For this year’s Ground-Mount BOS Buyer’s Guide, we reached out to suppliers of……