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Lakeland, Florida’s High Tower Roofing became the first roofing company in its area to offer roof-integrated solar from GAF Energy for homeowners. High Tower customers can now install an energy-generating solar roof system and decrease their reliance on utility power. /*** Advertisement ***/ The GAF Energy solar system couples innovative, attractive, and affordable solar technology […]
Solar mounting and racking manufacturer Clenergy passed the Dun & Bradstreet DUNS Registered Supplier Capability Evaluation (Manufacturing), rated at 5A1. The D&B DUNS Number (which stands for data universal number system) is a unique nine-digit identifier for businesses that is used in dozens of countries around the world, including the U.S., Australia, and the European Union. What’s the […]
Array Technologies, market leaders in single-axis solar tracking, announced the launch of RapidClamp, a patent pending single-bolt PV module clamp technology that drastically decreases solar module installation times. /*** Advertisement ***/ “The innovative RapidClamp greatly improves module installation times for EPCs installing First Solar Series 6 modules on DuraTrack single-axis solar trackers. It’s as simple […]
Example of Soltec’s 2-modules in portrait configuration, which reduces impact of the torque tube impeding bifacial module gains. The bifacial solar PV era is dawning, and Soltec wants to understand the exact scenarios in which its tracker systems will maximize these assumed-yet-nebulous bifacial gains. The Spain-based tracker company made a splash at Intersolar North America […]
REVIA Hybrid Solar Roofing Tiles. F-Wave LLC, a roofing provider founded by roofing industry veterans in search of a better shingle, is looking to innovate the solar roof in the same way. The Texas-based company is introducing its new REVIA Hybrid Solar Roof Tiles at the International Roofing Expo Feb. 4-6, and the company is […]
Acme Express Inc., a Cleveland-based, technology development company, has been awarded a $1-million Small Business Innovation Research grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office so it can research and develop Roll-A-Rack. Acme Express says this new patent-pending solar-panel racking system would reduce racking and installation costs of traditional systems by 33 […]
Yotta Solar has an intriguing rooftop battery system that can double as “ballast” to mount PV. Although self-evident in retrospect, game-changing innovations are rarely immediately obvious. Velcro bindings, wheelie suitcases, and the now-ubiquitous InstaPot are all modest examples of refinements to products that existed for decades before anyone thought, “Couldn’t this be better?” The drive […]
Sunnova Energy International Inc., has added SunModo Corp., an innovator in the solar racking industry, to its exclusive Approved Vendor List (AVL). Through this new partnership, Sunnova’s network of local installers can now offer its residential customers across the United States SunModo’s solar mounting and racking systems. /*** Advertisement ***/ “This new relationship with Sunnova demonstrates […]
Unirac Inc. signed an exclusive global license deal with Solar Stack, a Florida-based manufacturer that has developed non-ballasted, non-penetrating solar mounting solution. With the signing of this technology deal, the two companies are poised to expand on the momentum set by the founders of Solar Stack. /*** Advertisement ***/ The deal with Solar Stack continues Unirac’s series […]
McElroy Metal Manufacturing Facility, Clinton, Ill. Photo courtesy of McElroy Metal. Metal roof attachment provider S-5! recently worked on a complex solar conversion project at a manufacturing facility in Clinton, Illinois. This large-scale, multi-faceted project at the McElroy Metal plant required a two-fold approach as the facility consisted of two different metal roof types: a […]
