[Excerpt from Solar Builder’s article On the Origin of EPCs: How the EPC-Supplier Relationship Influences the Evolution of Solar Development by Chris Crowell] Tracker systems are abundant now, and many of your favorite racking manufacturers that don’t have one (or aren’t yet promoting one) likely will be in the coming year. This is a combination of tracker prices dropping […]
Trackers dominate the utility-scale market. The Berkeley Lab found that tracking systems were installed on nearly 80% of all new installations in 2017, and that number is expected to grow as trackers push into predominantly fixed-tilt territory in the north. Specialty tracking installer RP Construction Services expects a busy next few years because of this trend. The company, which exclusively installs Array Technologies single-axis trackers, focuses […]
[Monterey, Calif.] January, 22, 2019—RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS) is proud to announce their ranking as a Top 10 Renewable Energy Services Company of 2018 by Energy CIO Insights, an international publication that cumulates the latest technology, opinion, analysis, and discussion of the most predominant issues in the field of energy. RPCS is featured in the magazine’s annual edition on […]
For RPCS, 2018 was an incredible year—and we think that’s worth celebrating. This has been a year of incredible growth. RPCS saw the completion of 210 megawatts and 82 projects in 2018, the most in any year of RPCS’s history. In just a few years, RPCS has completed over 550 MW and 260 projects in 27 different states, including […]
MONTEREY, Calif. January 8th, 2018—RPCS is pleased to announce their partnership with GenPro Energy Solutions and the City of Atkinson to build a 209kW solar array in Nebraska. The city formerly used the Atkinson-owned site for fill, a place where soil, trees, and debris were brought then covered with dirt. Because of the nature of the site, project construction initially […]
RPCS’s TOP PROJECTS of 2018 As 2018 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the years many successes! Here’s a look at some of our top solar projects in 2018. CalPoly’s First Solar Farm CalPoly partnered with REC Solar and RPCS to design, construct, and install an 18.5-acre 4.5 MW AC solar site. Financed by Duke Energy via […]
As part of Kansas’ Cloud County Community College’s Solar Energy Technology program, new solar energy courses—spurred by the installation of a new on-campus solar site—will train students for high-tech, high-wage jobs in the exciting, emerging solar industry through innovative teaching and educational partnerships. Monterey, Calif., November 15, 2018—The installation of an on-campus solar site commences new solar energy classes […]
RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and Texas EPC Statewide Renewable announce the completion of a 1.2 MW solar site in southern Texas. McAllen Ranch, the home of this new solar site owned by Los Faroles, LLC, is one of the oldest continuously owned tracts of land in the United States. The ranch has been owned by the McAllen family since […]
On the heels of attending and exhibiting at this year’s Solar Power International conference in Anaheim, California—the largest and fastest growing solar show in North America, and part of North America Smart Energy Week—RPCS reflects on the week’s many successes. Here’s a look at some of the highlights. Abuzz with nearly 20,000 energy professionals in the solar industry, this year’s […]