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| Feb 23, 2026 | GameChange Energy Technologies Acquires Electrical Balance of Systems (eBOS) Division of Terrasmart | GameChange Energy Technologies, a Norwalk, Connecticut-based provider of module-to-grid energy infrastructure, acquired the Electrical Balance of Systems (eBOS) division of Terrasmart, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based developer of pre-enginee... |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Scale Microgrids Acquires Reload | Scale Microgrids, a Ridgewood, New Jersey-based provider of advanced on-site energy solutions, acquired Reload, a provider of a platform for the development of powered land for gigawatt-scale data center campuses.
The amount of the deal was... |
| Jan 22, 2025 | First Solar, Terrasmart claim ‘comprehensive’ US-made tracker and module partnership | |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Terrasmart launches hail stow feature to PeakYield tracker control software | |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2024 | Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2024
By SB Staff March 28, 2024 " class="author-button">View Profile
Photo: Terrasmart TerraTrak 1P
Solar PV can be mounted and energized atop of nearly any ground conditions you’ll enc... |
| Mar 6, 2024 | 1P Tracker Case Study: Nexamp, Terrasmart solve windy Illinois community solar site | 1P Tracker Case Study: Nexamp, Terrasmart solve windy Illinois community solar site
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Located in Lostant, Illinois, in LaSalle County, Solitude II is a 3-MW comm... |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Outperform weather and terrain challenges: How Terrasmart ensures solar project success | Outperform weather and terrain challenges: How Terrasmart ensures solar project success
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The solar industry’s steep growth curve brings with it un... |
| Oct 2, 2023 | New solar tracker wind tunnel research solves for aeroelastic forces (and why that matters) | New solar tracker wind tunnel research solves for aeroelastic forces (and why that matters)
By Chris Crowell October 2, 2023 " class="author-button">View Profile
The solar industry — an emerging industry with rapidly evolv... |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2023 | Ground-Mount Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide 2023
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There is a solar structure and electrical system for every space you encounter. From Midwestern mall parking lots to... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | RE+ 2022 showcase: Everything you need to see at the tradeshow in Anaheim | RE+ 2022 showcase: Everything you need to see at the tradeshow in Anaheim
By SB Staff August 31, 2022 " class="author-button">View Profile
Goodbye SPI and hello RE+. Unsure where to start your trek around the Anaheim Conve... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | How integrated wiring cuts schedule risks, boosts project efficiency | How integrated wiring cuts schedule risks, boosts project efficiency
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Solar demands can build intense pressures. EPCs and electrical contractors need... |
| Jul 11, 2022 | The value of engineering: How to optimize solar designs at every phase of a project | The value of engineering: How to optimize solar designs at every phase of a project
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While “project optimization” and “value engineering” are typical... |
| Jul 5, 2022 | Selecting rooftop solar racking for bifacial solar panels | Selecting rooftop solar racking for bifacial solar panels
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Photo via Mission Solar.
Adopting bifacial solar panels is becoming more prominent in the s... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Ventura Energy installing grid-interactive energy storage systems at critical California water facilities | Ventura Energy installing grid-interactive energy storage systems at critical California water facilities
By Chris Crowell July 1, 2022 " class="author-button">View Profile
With California’s goal of decarbonizing its elect... |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Ground-Mount Buyer’s Guide 2022: Trackers, fixed tilt | Ground-Mount Buyer’s Guide 2022: Trackers, fixed tilt
By SB Staff July 1, 2022 " class="author-button">View Profile
Terrasmart’s GLIDE Fuse. Read more about it below.
Tough terrain. Sloping sites. Supply chain challenges. ... |
| Jun 1, 2022 | Trackers vs. the elements, part three: minimizing production losses | Any conversation about tracker resilience, especially in regard to wind and hail, is also a conversation about optimizing electricity generation. In short, the less time that solar modules spend in their stow function, the more time that th... |
| May 31, 2022 | Trackers vs. the elements, part three: minimizing production losses | Any conversation about tracker resilience, especially with regards to wind and hail, is also a conversation of optimizing electricity generation. In short, the less time that solar modules spend in their stow function, the more time that th... |
| May 26, 2022 | Trackers vs. the elements, part two: working with wind | As was highlighted briefly in the first entry in this series, high wind speeds, especially since the advent and subsequent adoption of large-format modules, are one of the critical variable factors limiting the overall impact that trackers ... |
| May 25, 2022 | Trackers vs. the elements, part one: tackling uneven terrain | Since their introduction into the utility-scale solar market, the name of the game with single-axis trackers has always been about increasing yield and optimizing generation for project owners and PPA off-takers. In the years that have foll... |
| May 25, 2022 | How integrated wiring cuts schedule risks, boosts solar project efficiency | How integrated wiring cuts schedule risks, boosts solar project efficiency
By Contributing Author May 25, 2022 View Profile
Solar demands can build intense pressure. EPCs and electrical contractors need high-quality eBOS products at competi... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Utility-Scale Solar Project of the Year: Rockport Maces Pond | Utility-Scale Solar Project of the Year: Rockport Maces Pond
By Chris Crowell November 12, 2021 View Profile
Rockport, Maine | 4.2 MW
Regular readers of Solar Builder are probably familiar with the Rockport Maces Pond project, our Utility-S... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Solar + Storage Project of the Year 2021: Chub Cay Microgrid | Solar + Storage Project of the Year 2021: Chub Cay Microgrid
By Chris Crowell November 9, 2021 View Profile
Berry Islands, Bahamas | 4-MW PV + 10-MWh battery
Few sites on the planet represent the intersection between an island, ocean and en... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards 2021 | Solar Builder Project of the Year Awards 2021
By Chris Crowell November 8, 2021 View Profile
Our annual Project of the Year Awards are a celebration of the solar industry. The hard work of construction teams and installers, the creativity o... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Gibraltar Merges Four Solar Brands Into One — Introducing The New Terrasmart | Gibraltar Merges Four Solar Brands Into One - Introducing The New Terrasmart
November 8, 2021
Category leaders join to create stronger returns, meaningful value for solar C&I and utility customers
RBI Solar, SolarBOS, Sunfig and TerraSm... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | How 3D-enabled workflow is changing utility-scale solar construction | How 3D-enabled workflow is changing utility-scale solar construction
By Contributing Author January 21, 2021 View Profile
According to the SEIA Solar Market Insight Report 2020 Q3, utility PV development has reached a new milestone with mor... |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Gibraltar Industries acquires TerraSmart and Sunfig | Gibraltar Industries acquires TerraSmart and Sunfig
By Chris Crowell January 4, 2021 View Profile
Gibraltar Industries, a leader in the renewable energy, conservation, residential, industrial and infrastructure markets, announced the furthe... |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Utility-Scale Solar Project of the Year 2020: Turquoise Solar | Utility-Scale Solar Project of the Year 2020: Turquoise Solar
By Chris Crowell November 11, 2020 View Profile
Sparks, Nev. | 61.17 MW
Developer: Greenbacker Capital
Contractors: McCarthy Building Companies, TerraSmart
Mounting: TerraSmart
I... |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Get on TerraTrak: How TerraSmart engineered the first solar tracker for ground screws | Be quick but don’t hurry, as legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden would say. It’s a sentiment that applies to TerraSmart, which is known for its ground screw foundations and for making quick work of installing solar on arduous projec... |
| May 15, 2020 | Morning Brief: Spruce Finance acquires Clearway Energy’s residential solar portfolio, GM to go 100% renewable at Spring Hill | Spruce Finance acquired Clearway Energy’s entire residential solar portfolio, its largest acquisition to date: The deal is Spruce’s largest to date and the latest example of the company’s residential solar asset “growth by acquisition” stra... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | TerraSmart adds a civil division to its utility-scale solar project turnkey services | TerraSmart adds a civil division to its utility-scale solar project turnkey services
By Chris Crowell March 12, 2020 View Profile
TerraSmart is launching a new civil division, TerraCivil, that will aide in streamlining the overall project e... |
| Nov 14, 2019 | What is frost heave and how does it affect ground-mount solar projects? | What is frost heave and how does it affect ground-mount solar projects?
By SB Staff November 14, 2019 View Profile
The following is an excerpt from a whitepaper produced by TerraSmart. You can request to download the full version here.
As t... |
| Aug 16, 2019 | LONGi shingled module, Soltec bifacial simulations, Campbell Scientific solar albedo, more! | Solar albedo services using Campbell Scientific in this story’s featured image. I’ve never actually had a project request that, they’ve trusted my dialed back NREL data – “Another completed solar / albedo assessment station! Contact me to l... |
| Jan 9, 2019 | RPCS turns to TerraSmart ground screws on challenging Nebraska solar tracker project | RPCS turns to TerraSmart ground screws on challenging Nebraska solar tracker project
By Chris Crowell January 9, 2019 View Profile
RPCS partnered with GenPro Energy Solutions and the City of Atkinson to build a 209-kW solar array in Nebrask... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | TerraSmart’s new TF3L ground-mount is lighter, adds more panels per foundation | TerraSmart introduced the latest edition to its racking portfolio, the TF3L. Similar to TerraSmart’s TF2P, the TF3 Landscape Racking System is designed to maximize construction efficiency on large-scale utility-solar sites thus saving the c... |
| May 11, 2017 | Mounting Pressure: Today’s large-scale PV boom demands new levels of service from racking companies | For the first time ever, in 2016, U.S. solar ranked as the No. 1 source of new electric generating capacity additions on an annual basis. In total, solar accounted for 39 percent of new capacity additions across all fuel types, and these bi... |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Q&A: We get the inside scoop on Terrasmart’s new Robo-Surveyor | Q&A: We get the inside scoop on Terrasmart’s new Robo-Surveyor
By SB Staff January 30, 2017 View Profile
Going into 2017, everything you know about solar site surveying has changed, at least according to TerraSmart. Making its debut at ... |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Solar Builder Project of The Year Winner: Moapa Southern Paiute Solar | Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Category: Ground-Mount (utility-scale)
Moapa, Nev. | 353 MW
You may remember this project first appearing in our Sept./Oct. issue in which we highlighted the importance of the ground screws in completing the proj... |
| Jul 18, 2016 | How TerraSmart’s new racking-plus-ground-screw solution reduces costs | How TerraSmart’s new racking-plus-ground-screw solution reduces costs
By Chris Crowell July 18, 2016 View Profile
At Intersolar this year, TerraSmart debuted a new solution, the TF2, that combines its revolutionary racking system with its w... |