The project’s educational component resulted in twenty-four trained villagers. The 200 villagers, who subsist as farmers and ranchers, now have a place to gather in the evenings. The system provides the village’s only light, allowing the school to also serve as a community center. In three days, the group installed a battery back-up solar array on the clinic with an additional kilowatt and a half on the school. Keith’s group built a system for the rural village, Los Calpules, about a two hour, off-road drive from Managua, Nicaragua. This volunteer organization, based in California, qualifies villages for solar arrays to ensure the projects have the most positive impact. This November, Focused Energy LLC sent Sales Manager Keith Ostwald to install solar in Nicaragua with the organization, Power to the People. With only two components to install, this ballasted racking system minimizes preparation work and install time. UNIRAC was recognized for its simplicity. Solar Power World selected the “most interesting and innovative” solar products from 2013. UNIRAC was selected for its ballasted racking solution, the Roof Mount (RM), by Solar Power World’s Top Products 2013 issue. It’s light enough for two installers to mount and includes a Solar Plant Vision Software subscription with each purchase. Use of Power-One TRIO, designed for 1000 V modules, can lower BOS costs by 40%, and offers much higher system uptime than central inverters. Electrical Products and Solutions selected the year’s best products for being “unique, beneficial and reliable.” We know what they’re talking about. Power-One’s latest product, the TRIO-20.o TL and 27.6 TL three-phase inverters, made it onto Electrical Products and Solutions’ Top Products 2013 list.
We’re proud to announce that two of our vendors, Power-One and UNIRAC, have been recognized for their launches of top products in 2013. As you may know, Focused Energy diligently selects manufacturers whose quality and economics benefit the entire value chain and support the long-term and sustainable growth of our industry.