Mounting & Racking
S-5 Clamp for Solar Installations on Metal Roofs
22 May 2013POSTED IN New Products
S-5! announced its newest metal roof ancillary attachment solution, the S-5-K Grip clamp. The S-5-K Grip was specifically developed to fit Klip-Rib and other bulb snap-together seams.
Quick Mount PV Distributing Zep-Compatible Quick Groove Mount
15 May 2013POSTED IN New Products
Quick Mount PV has released its Zep-compatible Quick Groove mount for sale through Quick Mount PV's distribution network.
Derick Botha Joins GameChange Racking
13 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
GameChange Racking today announced that Derick Botha has joined its dynamic team as Director of Business Development.
Solaria Expands to China Solar Market
13 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
Solaria Corporation today announced it has established operations in China to meet demand for high efficiency large-scale solar projects.
Mounting Systems Receives ISO 9001 Certification
08 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
Mounting Systems, Inc., an international manufacturer of solar racking systems located in West Sacramento, California (US), has now been certified according to the internationally recognized standard for quality management systems ISO 9001.
Renusol America Expands Sales Team
01 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
Renusol America today announced the appointment of Jeff Burns as the company’s Regional Sales Manager for the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. Burns brings more than six years of residential and commercial experience in the wind and solar industries to his new position, having served most recently as Regional Sales Manager for Dovetail Solar & Wind, one of the oldest and most experienced renewable energy companies in Ohio.
Unirac Helps Power up Volkswagen Solar Energy Complex
30 April 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Unirac, Inc., a Hilti Group company that provides mounting solutions to the solar industry in North America, is involved in powering up a large solar park for Volkswagen. The project involves Volkswagen’s recently constructed 33,600-panel solar park in Chattanooga, Tennessee (US). The solar park, which sits on 33 acres (~13.4 hectares) next to the factory where the mid-size VW Passat is produced, will provide nearly 13% of the plant’s energy, an amount that could power 1200 households per year.
IBM Develops Economical Sunflower CPV System
29 April 2013POSTED IN Research
IBM’s solar concentrator system — called an economical High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system — could revolutionise solar energy. Mounted on innovative concrete solar trackers, the sunflower-inspired parabolic dish uses a multitude of mirror facets to concentrate sunlight onto several microchannel-liquid cooled receivers with photovoltaic converter chips. Scientists are hoping to develop an affordable photovoltaic system that can collect and convert 75–80% of the incoming solar radiation into energy.
Mounting Systems Introduces Open Terrain Racking for Solar Plants
26 April 2013POSTED IN New Products
Mounting Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of solar racking systems, located in West Sacramento, California (US) introduces the ground mount system Sigma II GO Kits – the pre-packaged versions of its Sigma II open terrain photovoltaic substructure.
Conergy Completes 4.5MW Solar Plant in the UK
24 April 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Conergy announced today the completion of a 4.5MW solar farm at the end of March for the UK’s largest solar PV developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy. Conergy was the general contractor, responsible for engineering and layout, construction and component supply for the plant, which will be owned and operated by Lightsource for the next 25 years. Connection to the grid comes only weeks after Conergy supplied four other solar farms with a total capacity of 15 megawatts in the UK, which is experiencing rapid growth in large-scale solar deployment.
S-5 Solar Panel Assembly for Metal Roofs
17 April 2013POSTED IN New Products
S-5-PV Kit is a rail-free, DirectAttached solar panel installation assembly for metal roofs.
Cost Benefits of Quality Waterproofing Solar Rooftops
08 April 2013POSTED IN Applications Features
As the solar industry continues the push to reduce “cost per watt” it is imperative to remember the more important metric is “lowest cost per kWh” over the life of the system.
For solar rooftop installations, the waterproofing system you choose can have a dramatic impact on the ownership cost of a PV system. Unfortunately, many underestimate the long term impacts of this critical decision. If you do it right, you can have over 30 years of trouble-free service from your array and roof. Do it wrong, and the lifetime cost of the system jumps 25 to 50% or even more.
PanelClaw Announces Program to Reduce Soft Costs in Solar
08 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
PanelClaw has announced a new program that guarantees the time required to install its flat roof racking systems. Additionally, PanelClaw will cover the costs of shipping as well as the required Professional Engineering (PE) wind and seismic project stamps for all of its flat roof products in the U.S. A part of a new series of initiatives, the program lowers upfront project costs to enable its partners to win more business.
PanelClaw Ballasted Solar Mounting Systems Approved for California Schools
02 April 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Two San Mateo County, California (US) schools are the first schools in California to be fitted with ballasted solar mounting systems, through the use of peer-reviewed wind tunnel data. They have installed PanelClaw's Grizzly Bear flat roof racking system.
U-Anchor Solar Installation Meets 150 Mph Building Code Requirements
20 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
The U-Anchor 2000c from Anchor Products was recently installed on the rooftop of the newly completed LEED registered building within the sustainably designed and built Anna Maria Historic Green Village, supporting a solar racking system holding 42 photovoltaic panels anticipated to produce 11 KW of electricity.
Unirac Partners with NRG Energy on Solar for Haiti Home for Children
19 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Unirac, Inc., a Hilti Group Company and provider of infrastructure for solar power systems, supplied NRG Energy Inc. with a SolarMount (E)volution mounting system for a 52 kW array at the Zanmi Beni Home for Children in Haiti. The installation completed in June 2012, required an especially robust solution to accommodate the fierce wind loads that frequently bear down on Haiti during strong seasonal hurricanes.
Conergy Building 500kW Solar Plant in Greece
13 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Conergy is building its next 500kW solar power plant in Molai in the Greek province of Laconia, just a few kilometres south of the famous ancient city of Sparta on the Peloponnese peninsula. This is the fifth Conergy installation to be announced in Greece since the beginning of the year.
Creotecc Solar Mounting Receives UL 2703 Recognition
12 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Creotecc's entire product line of solar mounting solutions is now UL 2703 recognized for bonding and grounding.
Unirac Awarded US Patent for Solar Mounting System
08 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Unirac, Inc., announced that it was issued US Patent No. 8,128,044 covering Unirac's system for mounting a photovoltaic module to a surface—extending the number of patents in the SolarMount design family to four.
Schletter and Strata Solar Partner on 100MW of Solar Installations
05 March 2013POSTED IN Business News
Schletter, a global manufacturer of solar mounting systems, was awarded a 100 MW (installed PV capacity) supply agreement with Strata Solar, a leading installer/service provider of utility, commercial, and residential PV systems. The partnership agreement is expected to be completed within 2013.
In mid-2012 Schletter, announced plans to triple its manufacturing capacity with the addition of an eastern facility. Since this announcement, the company is near production ready in its Shelby, North Carolina manufacturing plant. With the expansion, Schletter is unmatched in manufacturing capacity in the solar mounting market. The combination of Schletter's gigawatt output capacity and the proximity to several key Strata Solar proposed installation sites were key factors in Strata selection decision.
Schletter has designed, developed, and manufactured solar mounting products in the US since 2008, while backed with more than 20-years of solar mounting experience from Schletter GmbH. Since opening its United States facility in Tucson, Arizona Schletter Inc. has manufactured more than 800MW of installed PV mounting systems. Schletter Inc. offers products for roof mount and ground
mount systems for residential, commercial, and utility scale photovoltaic systems. Schletter Inc. is an independent subsidiary of Schletter GmbH, which operates subsidiaries in eleven countries with more than 1800 employees worldwide.
Strata Solar LLC is a provider of complete solar energy systems and installations. In addition to turnkey services for the complete design, construction and installation of utility and commercial photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, Strata Solar provides a full array of engineering, procurement and construction EPC services, separately, as needed, to solar developers and companies interested in clean renewable energy. Headquartered in its LEED Silver certified office and showroom in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (US) and expansive warehouse nearby, Strata Solar also has operations in California (US).
