Columbia Company Hopes to Revolutionize Home Solar Power
Residential solar tracking units can be installed on the ground by a handy homeowner.
The front of Advanced Technology and Research Corporation's offices in Columbia’s Gateway business park are fairly nondescript—brick and concrete building, a security guard at the front to sign you in. But go behind the building and you quickly understand what they’re up to. Just outside the back entrance are multiple large solar panels equipped with ATR's latest technology. Every 10 minutes they shift slightly, constantly angling toward the sun. In fact, every solar panel setup the company has made, some of which are located in Australia, shift at the exact same time, every 10 minutes, thanks to their internal GPS clocks. “That’s kind of cool,” said Rob Lundahl, ATR’s vice president of energy systems. ATR has a knack for creating cool …
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