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Daytona International Speedway shows solar pavilion, patio, parking
Daytona International Speedway (DIS) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) just showcased construction progress related to FPL’s new Solar Pavilion, one of three new structures that make up the...
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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...
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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...
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Case study: Solving commercial site challenges with adaptable ground-mount...
International door and hardware manufacturer ASSA ABLOY had been making significant strides in environmental stewardship and was ready for their own clean energy installation. But there was a problem...
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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...
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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...
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New AC solar ground-mount concept ready to deploy from CoWatt Energy, Darfon...
CoWatt Energy and Darfon America have collaborated to integrate Darfon’s microinverter technology into PowerFunnel, CoWatt’s innovative AC solar ground-mount solution. PowerFunnel is an entirely new...
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2016 Solar Mounting/Racking Guide: Product Showcase
Photo from: EcoFasten Solar / Credit: Lenape Solar Most of you may have learned that the earth is not flat. Which is too bad, really. If it was flat, we’d just place PV panels all over it and call it a...
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VOTE for Solar Builder’s 2016 Projects of the Year
The nominations are in, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to choose the best of the best for our fourth annual Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards. Because of the big influx of ground-mount...
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SunnyCal Solar debuts ‘Collapsible Array’ with disaster relief PV mounting in...
FEMA-1 Structure equipped with four 380W solar modules (PRNewsfoto/SunnyCal Solar Inc.) SunnyCal Solar, a solar products company specializing in “personal solar” products, announced the first in a...
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Phoenix Solar to construct 135-acre solar project in Georgia for Silicon Ranch
Nashville-based renewable energy provider Silicon Ranch Corp. and Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), are set to begin construction on...
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AET provides ground-mount for 1-MW project in Pennsylvania
Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a preferred supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems, was selected by JK Mechanical to supply its Rayport-G ECO ground mount for a 1-MW project in...
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NC State installs tree-like solar array from Spotlight Solar
North Carolina State University demonstrated its commitment to clean energy by unveiling a student-funded, architectural solar structure by Spotlight Solar on its Centennial campus. The 1.5-kW...
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Solar carports will spread across the country as costs decline
The evolution of carport design has yielded a leaner, more cost-effective structure that can deliver both the duty of vehicle protection and the function of a solar power plant. While a fairly large...
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DSD completes 1.85 MW solar project at retirement community in Virginia
DSD Renewables and National Lutheran Communities & Services (NLCS) have completed the installation of a 1.85 MW ground-mount solar project in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Serving The Village...
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Nextracker opens new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas
Nextracker has just unveiled a new dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas along with Unimacts, which will own and operate the facility. The new facility will produce critical steel components...
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Automated pile drivers for the solar industry
Construction equipment manufacturer Vermeer has been building pile drivers for about 12 years, says lead product manager Ed Savage. However, recent developments in the solar industry have led to the...
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Presenting the 2023 Project of the Year award winners
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Solar Builder is proud to announce the 2023 Project of the Year Award winners. Our annual Project of the Year Awards are a celebration of the solar...
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Alliant Energy completes 99 MW Wautoma Solar project in Wisconsin
Alliant Energy has wrapped up construction of the Wautoma Solar project in Waushara County, Wisconsin. The 99 MW solar array spans 624 acres in Dakota and Wautoma, and consists of nearly 240,000 solar...
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Standard Solar to build 912 kW project for K-12 school in Decatur, Illinois
A private K-12 Christian school in Decatur, Illinois, is seeking energy sustainability with a 912 kW gound-mount solar array. Project developer Standard Solar and renewable energy consulting firm CQI...
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