Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Two Solar FlexRack Projects Receive Project of the Year Nominations in Solar Builder Magazine

Youngstown OH, September 27th, 2016– Solar FlexRack™, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting solutions, is pleased to announce that two solar power generation projects installed with Solar FlexRack’s industry-leading mounting solutions, the Pahrump Solar Project and the North Putnam High School and Middle School, have been nominated by Solar Builder magazine for their 2016 Projects of the Year Award.

The Pahrump Solar Project
Ground-Mount (utility and municipalities)
The Pahrump Solar Project demonstrates how an electric cooperative can take a progressive step toward providing sustainable energy. It’s also a lesson in how a solar installation company can work together with local authorities to solve challenging issues and find balance in the quest to both generate sustainable energy and protect an endangered species.

North Putnam High School & Middle School
C&I
This six-acre solar panel farm  (including an energy storage system) gave North Putnam control of their electricity cost for the next 25 years. It also utilized a capital lease agreement through a non-debt service finance program with a community bank that required no upfront capital. The project did not raise any local tax levy and had a positive cash flow in Year 1 after the annual lease payment. School students have a hands-on lesson in energy efficiency with real-time monitoring kiosks located throughout the school.

“It’s an honor to have not one, but two projects on the Solar Builder 2016 Projects of the Year list of nominees,” said Steve Daniel, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Solar FlexRack.  “I encourage everyone to vote before the September 30th deadline.”

In the fourth annual Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards, the voting has been divided up into three categories: roof-mounted, C&I ground-mounted and utility-scale ground-mounted. One of the winners will be featured on the cover of the Nov/Dec issue of Solar Builder magazine.

To vote:
1) Click the links below for the nominees;
2) Read about each nominee; and
3) Cast your deciding votes on this page in the form directly below:
The polls close on Friday, September 30th, 2016.

About Solar FlexRack

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals, is an integrated solar company that offers custom-designed, fixed tilt ground mount and single-axis tracking systems in the commercial and utility scale, solar mounting industry. Solar FlexRack also offers full turnkey packages, including engineering, geotechnical, pullout testing, field, layout, and installation services to address the actual site conditions of an installation, providing a full scope of services from design to delivery and installation. Solar FlexRack has completed more than 1 GW of solar racking installations in 32 states across America and five countries globally. For more information, visit www.solarflexrack.com

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Solar FlexRack TDP Turnkey Trackers Solution is Installed in Nebraska’s Largest Solar Plant, Owned and Operated by Enerparc Inc.

Youngstown OH, Sept. 6th, 2016 - Solar FlexRack™, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and tracking solutions, announced today the largest solar power generation plant in Nebraska is installed with its TDP Turnkey Trackers Solution. The tracking solution is an optimized technology bundled with a full suite of solar project services and support for commercial and utility-scale solar installations. The milestone 5 MW project, located just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, was built and financed by Enerparc Inc., and installed by NESCO.

Delivering the industry’s lowest total cost solar project solution, the TDP Turnkey Trackers put a world-class team of experts at the service of project developers, EPCs and installers. Enerparc, a growing project development company in the US with more than 1.6 GW of solar installed worldwide, selected the TDP Trackers (single-axis) for the Holdrege Solar Center based on Solar FlexRack’s track record of success.

Florent Abadie, CEO of Enerparc Inc. said, “We selected Solar FlexRack TDP Trackers based on our previous successful experience with Solar FlexRack, and especially because of the great turnkey services packaged with the product ensuring a smooth installation. Once again, we were not disappointed.”

“Enerparc is conscious of the important balance between costs and quality. They pay meticulous attention to the work they do and build quality solar projects that investors can bank on,” said Steve Daniel, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Solar FlexRack.

During construction, Enerparc reported that almost 40% of the construction crew was hired locally. The project was commissioned on schedule and is operational. It is offsetting 5,300 tons of CO2 annually and is generating enough solar electricity to power 900 homes.

 More about Solar FlexRack Solar Trackers

About Solar FlexRack
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals, is an integrated solar company that offers custom-designed, fixed tilt ground mount and single-axis tracking systems in the commercial and utility scale, solar mounting industry. Solar FlexRack also offers full turnkey packages, including engineering, geotechnical, pullout testing, field, layout, and installation services to address the actual site conditions of an installation, providing a full scope of services from design to delivery and installation. Solar FlexRack has completed more than 1 GW of solar racking installations in 32 states across America and five countries globally. For more information, visit www.solarflexrack.com

About Enerparc Inc.

Enerparc Inc. is a privately-held corporation specializing in the development, financing, construction and operation of solar photovoltaic power plants. Enerparc has built over 1.6 GW of capacity, owns over 950 MW and operates about 1.2 GW of operating assets. These unique achievements position Enerparc as the second largest solar investor in Europe. With its in-house specialists, Enerparc is capable of meeting all needs – development, legal/financial structuring, engineering, construction and operation – for distributed generation projects in the 1 to 20 MW range.