Trackers

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Sunfolding’s new TopoTrack rows are 10 times shorter than traditional trackers, and they can provide 20 degrees of variation between trackers, thus improving slope tolerance between rows.

The company said the sites will add over 1 GW of capacity, serving increased demand for domestically produced solar components.

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In collaboration with MSS Steel Tubes USA, the operation will provide low-carbon steel components to support the company’s recent 3 GW multi-year agreement with Silicon Ranch for its projects in the Tennessee Valley and greater Southeast.

pv magazine USA’s recap of notable upstream solar, integrated solar, hardware, finance and rooftop installers that reported quarterly or fiscal year earnings over the last week.

Aspen Solar formed an agreement with the Lower Nicola Indian Band to build a solar-plus-storage facility on 827 acres in British Columbia.

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A 4.3 MW solar project will power the company’s on-site production facility, with excess going to the state.

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