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Solar power solutions from a NASA Spinoff company

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Solar Farming, known as Agrivoltaics, substantially increases crop yield 10% or more by providing

Shade to reduce or eliminate:

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Blossom drop

Sun scorch

Evaporation and 

Frost damage

​all while producing power for pumps, barns and homes

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PV power and partial shade for berries, beans, peppers and tomatoes, RGCF early Spring 2025

​We even saw increases in yield in a test bed set up on asphalt!  Sandia National Laboratories 2023-2024 ABQ

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This ain't our first rodeo...

Publications

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  1. Ganged-PV System Evaluation, SANDIA REPORT SAND2021-14893 Printed November 2021 Aaron Overacker, Dimitri Madden, Kenneth Armijo, and Jim Clair

  2. Investigations in a Tensile Based Non-Imaging System, White Paper, Jim Clair, Skysun with NASA GRC evaluation, 2015.

  3. Mechanical and Optical Performance Evaluation of the Skysun Tensile Ganged Heliostat Concept, Julius Yellowhair (8823), Kenneth M. Armijo (8823), Charles E. Andraka (8823), Jesus D. Ortega (8823), Jim Clair (Skysun, LLC).

Patents and Patents Pending

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•US 8,609,979 titled

“Electromagnetic Radiation Concentration System”

•US 9,279,600 titled

“Solar Radiation Concentrating System”

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Current Applications

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 “Heliostat Active Tracker”

“Elevatable Photovoltaics for Agrivoltaics”

“Ganged Photovoltaic (PV) Installation and Assembly Jig”

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Our Solar racking system can provide shade for livestock, crops, parking lots and more!

Shade

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Our system is elevated 

allowing land use below

Low Profile

Cost Advantage

Cost-effective design makes solar feasible for your business

Department of Energy Grant

Sandia National Laboratories

Albuquerque, New Mexico 2020

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1/4 scale Utility Solar Prototypes

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