Racking and Mounting /category/components-products/racking-and-mounting/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:01:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-solar-power-world-online-32x32.png Racking and Mounting /category/components-products/racking-and-mounting/ 32 32 Brooklyn Solar Canopy launches three new mounting system designs /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/ /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:01:35 +0000 /?p=108545 Brooklyn Solar Canopy is launching three new solar panel mounting systems: Post-Truss, Cantilever and Wood-Post. “This expansion of our product line is a direct response to our customers’ evolving needs,” said T.R. Ludwig, CEO of Brooklyn Solar Canopy and its sister company, Brooklyn SolarWorks. “With the addition of Post-Truss, Cantilever and Wood-Post mounting systems, we…

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]]> /2025/02/brooklyn-solar-canopy-launches-three-new-mounting-system-designs/feed/ 0 Solar Spotlight: Why solar carports make sense for schools /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/ /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:19 +0000 /?p=108517 While there is greater oversight for installing solar projects on school grounds, M Bar C Construction has found success in this segment of the market and has done so through building solar carports. Bobby Bonfanti, eastern division manager, and Erik Krivokopich, VP of business development at M Bar C, are on this episode of Solar…

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]]> /2025/02/solar-spotlight-why-solar-carports-make-sense-for-schools/feed/ 0 Kinematics finalizes acquisition of tracker controls manufacturer P4Q /2025/02/kinematics-finalizes-acquisition-of-tracker-controls-manufacturer-p4q/ /2025/02/kinematics-finalizes-acquisition-of-tracker-controls-manufacturer-p4q/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:30:18 +0000 /?p=108454 Kinematics, a motion control specialist, completed its acquisition of P4Q, a company specializing in solar tracker controllers, industrial automation, sensors and cloud-based monitoring. By integrating P4Q’s electronics portfolio — including over 1 million solar controllers deployed across 2,400 solar sites globally — with Kinematics’ installed base of 2.9 million solar actuators, the combined company becomes…

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]]> /2025/02/kinematics-finalizes-acquisition-of-tracker-controls-manufacturer-p4q/feed/ 0 Lightsource bp energizes 288-MW Texas solar project portfolio /2025/01/lightsource-bp-energizes-texas-solar-project-portfolio/ /2025/01/lightsource-bp-energizes-texas-solar-project-portfolio/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:21:11 +0000 /?p=108451 A 288-MW solar project portfolio in Texas valued at $348 million is entering commercial operation. The portfolio is composed of two utility-scale projects developed by Lightsource bp: 163 MW Starr Solar in Starr County 125 MW Second Division Solar in Brazoria County Combined, the two projects can generate enough electricity to power more than 50,000…

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]]> /2025/01/lightsource-bp-energizes-texas-solar-project-portfolio/feed/ 0 Ground screws solve challenging site problems for utility-scale solar /2025/01/ground-screws-solve-challenging-site-problems-for-utility-scale-solar/ /2025/01/ground-screws-solve-challenging-site-problems-for-utility-scale-solar/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:46 +0000 /?p=108224 German inventor Klaus Krinner, who created a Christmas tree stand that bears his surname in 1987, was given the humble task of erecting a pole in his yard to hang laundry. Not only did the laundry pole stay upright, but another grand invention came about — the first Krinner ground screw. Today, ground screws are…

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]]> /2025/01/ground-screws-solve-challenging-site-problems-for-utility-scale-solar/feed/ 1 QuickBOLT debuts roof penetration repair kit QuickPATCH /2025/01/quickbolt-debuts-roof-penetration-repair-kit-quickpatch/ /2025/01/quickbolt-debuts-roof-penetration-repair-kit-quickpatch/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:44:30 +0000 /?p=108379 QuickBOLT, a solar mounting and roofing solutions provider, is launching QuickPATCH, a patent-pending product designed to address one of the most persistent challenges in the solar and roofing industries: roof holes caused by missed rafters, safety anchors, weather, age or other system installations. The QuickPATCH is a 4- by 5-in. galvanized steel patch backed by…

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]]> /2025/01/quickbolt-debuts-roof-penetration-repair-kit-quickpatch/feed/ 0 First Solar and Terrasmart partner to provide domestic solar panel and racking package /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/ /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:08:31 +0000 /?p=108376 Turnkey solar racking provider Terrasmart has integrated both its fixed-tilt racks and its TerraTrak 1P Single Axis Tracker (SAT) with First Solar’s Series 7 TR1 module. Combined with a portfolio of ground screws, driven piles and ballasted foundations, the Terrasmart and First Solar partnership can provide a domestically produced ground-mount offering for the U.S. solar…

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]]> /2025/01/first-solar-and-terrasmart-partner-to-provide-domestic-solar-panel-and-racking-package/feed/ 0 SunModo rooftop solar mounts achieve UL 3741 certification /2025/01/sunmodo-rooftop-solar-mounts-achieve-ul-3741-certification/ /2025/01/sunmodo-rooftop-solar-mounts-achieve-ul-3741-certification/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:02:36 +0000 /?p=108373 SunModo, a U.S. solar racking manufacturer, has completed the UL 3741 listing process for both its NanoRack and SMR Roof Mount systems. NanoRack is a rooftop mounting attachment and SMR Roof Mounts are a rail-based racking — both systems work on pitched rooftops. “Achieving the UL 3741 certification for our NanoRack and SMR roof mount…

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]]> /2025/01/sunmodo-rooftop-solar-mounts-achieve-ul-3741-certification/feed/ 0 K2 Quote solar racking design program integrated with Aurora /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/ /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:59:15 +0000 /?p=108362 K2 Systems, a solar mounting system solutions provider, has integrated K2 Quote directly the Aurora platform. This will let users design their racking systems entirely within Aurora, generating a bill of materials (BOM) without switching applications. By enabling permissions on the Aurora platform, users can access K2 Quote through Design Mode, choose their preferred racking…

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]]> /2025/01/k2-quote-solar-racking-design-program-integrated-with-aurora/feed/ 0 Nextracker and UC Berkeley create solar energy research facility /2025/01/nextracker-and-uc-berkeley-create-solar-energy-research-facility/ /2025/01/nextracker-and-uc-berkeley-create-solar-energy-research-facility/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:29:35 +0000 /?p=108340 Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering (UC Berkeley) formed a partnership aimed at advancing solar power plant technology to meet rising global energy demand. The collaboration will establish the CALNEXT Center for Solar Energy Research that will drive a research program and a planned state-of-the-art solar test field. Nextracker has contributed a $6.5…

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]]> /2025/01/nextracker-and-uc-berkeley-create-solar-energy-research-facility/feed/ 0 Floating solar project overlooks skiing capital of Utah /2025/01/floating-solar-project-overlooks-skiing-capital-of-utah/ /2025/01/floating-solar-project-overlooks-skiing-capital-of-utah/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:37 +0000 /?p=108229 The first floating solar project built in Utah is located on a reservoir atop a mountain at an elevation of 7,000 ft. This 587.5-kW solar project is powering a water treatment facility serving Park City, a skiing destination that draws millions of visitors annually. Floating solar was Mountain Regional Water Special Service District’s (MRW) first…

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]]> /2025/01/floating-solar-project-overlooks-skiing-capital-of-utah/feed/ 0 Enstall finalizes acquisition of solar racking manufacturer Schletter /2025/01/enstall-finalizes-acquisition-of-solar-racking-manufacturer-schletter/ /2025/01/enstall-finalizes-acquisition-of-solar-racking-manufacturer-schletter/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:01:08 +0000 /?p=108253 Solar mounting conglomerate Enstall completed acquisition of European racking manufacturer Schletter Group last week. Enstall (formerly known as Esdec) entered the U.S. market in 2018, and began purchasing competing solar mounting manufacturers in late 2019. “This acquisition represents an important step in our mission to build a more sustainable future,” said, Stijn Vos, CEO of…

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]]> /2025/01/enstall-finalizes-acquisition-of-solar-racking-manufacturer-schletter/feed/ 0 Solar canopies adapt to residential customer needs 2025 Trends in Solar /2025/01/solar-canopies-adapt-to-residential-customer-needs/ /2025/01/solar-canopies-adapt-to-residential-customer-needs/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:33 +0000 /?p=108223 The size and aesthetic of solar carports and canopies are changing thanks to demand for these products in the residential market. An influx of new manufacturers producing solar canopies have scaled these structures to fit within the confines of residential properties and designed them to look closer to a pergola than the towering carports covering…

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]]> /2025/01/solar-canopies-adapt-to-residential-customer-needs/feed/ 0 PV Hardware debuts US-made solar mount for tracker projects /2024/12/pv-hardware-debuts-us-made-solar-mount-for-tracker-projects/ /2024/12/pv-hardware-debuts-us-made-solar-mount-for-tracker-projects/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:09:45 +0000 /?p=108105 PV Hardware (PVH), a global solar tracker supplier, has launched PVH Terra, a foundation system engineered and manufactured entirely in the United States that is designed to tackle challenging soil conditions in utility-scale solar installations. Being fully manufactured in the United States, PVH Terra meets and exceeds the qualifications for the domestic content credit found…

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]]> /2024/12/pv-hardware-debuts-us-made-solar-mount-for-tracker-projects/feed/ 0 Nextracker supplies California solar project with 100% US-made trackers /2024/12/nextracker-supplies-california-solar-project-with-us-made-trackers/ /2024/12/nextracker-supplies-california-solar-project-with-us-made-trackers/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:25:58 +0000 /?p=108077 Nextracker, a global solar tracker supplier, has shipped and delivered the industry’s first solar trackers made in the United States that are expected to achieve 100% domestic content value for solar trackers under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), according to a press statement. These trackers will be used in SB Energy’s Pelican’s Jaw project, a…

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