Tag: Terrasmart
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Case study: Nexamp, Terrasmart design Allis Hill project for National Grid DG interconnection program
Utilities across the country are managing intermittent renewable integration with varying levels of success — and with good reason. Meeting resource adequacy, reliability, and resilience is a complex business that requires flexibility and inventive solutions. National Grid, which serves 20 million customers in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, is piloting an innovative program to……
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60 Seconds in the Sunlight | TerraTrak designed for rocky Rumford Solar site
In this 60 Seconds in the Sunlight, we tour the 6.5 MW Rumford Solar farm in Rumford, Maine, developed and built by Nexamp with its partner Terrasmart, to overcome rocky soils, undulating slopes (up to a 20% grade ) and harsh Northeastern winters. The result is more than 5,000 ground screws and 215 TerraTrak single-axis……
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1P Tracker Case Study: Nexamp, Terrasmart solve windy Illinois community solar site
Located in Lostant, Illinois, in LaSalle County, Solitude II is a 3-MW community solar project brought to life by Nexamp, a solar developer that works with communities, businesses, and municipalities to democratize clean energy via community solar. For Nexamp, determining the best-fit racking solution for Solitude II started with understanding the dirt. The site has……
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To grade or not to grade? How SIFT determines optimal layouts for challenging solar sites
We focus a lot on the new structural solutions engineered by solar tracker manufacturers to mitigate challenges from undulating and difficult terrain — shorter torque tubes, ground screw foundations, more robust bearings, and so on. But those tools are only deployed after a thorough site assessment. Site assessment is another area of crucial innovation in……
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Outperform weather and terrain challenges: How Terrasmart services ensure solar project success
The solar industry’s steep growth curve brings with it unusual challenges, including the type of land available. Ideal sites—flat and soft terrain—are much harder to come by. So, developers of ground-mount systems are turning instead to rocky and hilly sites. Such land can be cheaper and produce higher margins, but only with the right expertise……