Tag: trackers

  • SunLink enters distributed tracker market with new single-axis solution

    Hot on the heels of our decentralized tracker trends feature, SunLink Corp. has sent word of its new TechTrack Distributed single-axis tracker — the second single-axis tracker in the company’s TechTrack product line, joining the internationally deployed TechTrack Centralized. Be sure to see it for yourself in Las Vegas at Solar Power International (NorthRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Three solar trackers (22-kW) installed at California elementary school

    Three state-of-the-art American made solar trackers are now powering the Grenada Elementary School in Grenada, Calif., thanks to Sharpe Energy Solutions, based in Ashland, Ore. Sharpe is an engineering, procurement, and project management firm that has performed more than 140 energy audits for schools in the Oregon and Northern California area in theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Spread the Wealth: We look at the value decentralized tracker systems bring to a project

    Designing and building the perfect site is all about knowing your options. In the ground-mount C&I and utility-scale world, those options keep expanding. The latest system design to gain steam is the decentralized tracker, which gives each row its own ability to track the sun and optimize energy harvest independentRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NEXTracker opens solar education center for both novices and PV pros

    When we visited the NEXTracker headquarters last year, it was clear the company’s big focus was on training and education. Fast forward to today, and the company has inaugurated its Center for Solar Excellence at that same headquarters in Fremont, Calif. Designed as a world class testing and proving groundRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar trackers power metal refinishing company Sungen Circle Finishing

    Twenty-two solar trackers are now powering metalwork company Sungen Circle Finishing in Newburyport, Mass. The 186-kW solar project will help offset more than 65 percent of the electrical needs of the local metal refinishing company. Originally the company installed a fixed ground mounted system in 2010 that was damaged by 6Read More — Solar Builder magazine