A possibility for a smaller ballasted ground mount system is the Sunmodo
Sunturf mount. It is difficult to find info on their website but you
will find the Sunturf mount in the catalog and the configuration too.
This mount can be installed on cast in place piers, earth screws, or
concrete eco-blocks. I installed a couple of these a few years ago: one
on a large engineered concrete pad and another on cast in place concrete
blocks (similar to but smaller than eco-blocks). It takes a lot of
anchor screws.
Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar
On 3/21/2024 10:44 AM, Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches wrote:
Thanks for the info, Sam.
I guess that I should have mentioned that I am looking at an 8kw
residential application.
Shine On!
Kris Schmid
Legacy Solar, LLC
137 West 1st Avenue
Luck, WI 54853
www.legacysolar.com <http://www.legacysolar.com>
715-653-4295
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician
BSEE
On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM Sam Haraldson
<[email protected]> wrote:
I have experience with the APA Solar Racking Geo Ballast system
and RBI Solar's Ballasted Landfill Solution (GM-BL). Both were
simple and effective. The APA system consists of metal cages that
get built on site and then locally sourced river rock is added via
skid steer. The RBI product uses huge, pre-cast concrete block
that get formed at a nearby facility and then are set into place
with a large telehandler.
Both of these solutions are manufacturer-engineered on a
per-project basis and as such have a minimum project size before
they'll consider you. So they're good options for 100kw and up
projects but not backyard systems.
Cheers,
Sam
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