A number of large projects are quickly making Crook County a leader in solar energy technology.
A number of large projects are quickly making Crook County a leader in solar energy technology.
The [growing network of solar designers, installers and manufacturers based in Central Oregon] includes several Bend-based companies, including solar contractor Sunlight Solar of Bend; PV Trackers, which manufactures sun-tracking systems for solar panels; and PV Powered, owned by Advanced Energy Industries, which makes solar inverters and electrical panels that turn solar energy into electricity for use in homes and businesses.
That homegrown technology, matched with solar panels manufactured by Hillsboro-based Solar World, has been installed by Sunlight Solar on the 99,000-watt solar system at the Facebook data center, the 8,000-watt solar system at the Crook County/Central Oregon Community College Computer and Education Center in Prineville and at the 150,000-watt solar system at the Bend Broadband data vault.
Read more at The Register-Guard.
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