Kayla Harris

Ames, IA: Most racking systems only have to worry about the sun. The one at Iowa State University's new agrivoltaics site also has to clear a tractor, avoid shading a raspberry bed, and leave room for a beekeeper. DCE Solar supplied the fixed-tilt portion of that racking, and its ability to bend to the researchers' agenda rather than the other way around is a big part of why the site works at all. The 1.375 MW solar farm sits on 10 acres of ISU property near Ames, developed by Alliant Energy...

Stafford County, VA: School boards do not typically make headlines for their roofs. North Stafford High School managed it anyway, and the rooftop, doing the heavy lifting, runs on DCE Solar's Eco-Top HD racking system. Developed by Madison Energy Infrastructure (MEI), the 1.8 MW rooftop array at North Stafford is now the largest school solar installation in Virginia. It carries 3,300 VSUN solar panels, paired with SolarEdge inverters and mounted on DCE Solar's Eco-Top HD racking, and it is...

Some sites tell you no before you even ask the question. A former Army landfill and burn pit, capped, monitored, and legally off limits to anything resembling a shovel, is about as clear a "no" as land can give a solar developer. Nautilus Solar Energy got a "yes" anyway, and DCE Solar's fixed tilt racking system, anchored on prefabricated concrete ballasts, is the reason the "yes" could hold weight. The 2.8 MW community solar project in Albany County is the first solar farm built on a...