CalCom Solar Selects NEXTracker for 100 MW Master Supply Agreement

FREMONT, Calif. and VISALIA, Calif., March 9, 2015 /​PRNewswire/​ — Cal­Com Solar, a leader in solar project design and con­struc­tion for Cal­i­for­nia Agribusi­ness­es and Water Dis­tricts, has entered into a 100 MW sup­ply agree­ment with NEX­Track­er to serve its agribusi­ness customers.

“Cal­Com’s prin­ci­pals have over 35 years of solar expe­ri­ence and to date have over­seen the con­struc­tion of over 50 MW of track­ers,” said Nic Stover, CEO of Cal­Com. “NEX­Track­er tech­nol­o­gy is the great­est proven advance­ment to emerge in the indus­try. With Cal­Com’s focus on help­ing agri­cul­tur­al cus­tomers use solar to save on ener­gy costs, NEX­Track­er is a great offer­ing to low­er costs and increase ener­gy pro­duc­tion. They’ve assem­bled the ‘dream team’ of the PV rack­ing busi­ness; they’re very sup­port­ive of our needs. We’re excit­ed to be deploy­ing NEX­Track­er for vision­ary agribusi­ness­es lead­ers like Woolf Farm­ing and Processing.”

“We are very appre­cia­tive to be part­ner­ing with Cal­Com Solar and their cus­tomers,” not­ed NEX­Track­er CEO Dan Shugar. “The agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor is well served by solar – and Cal­Com deliv­ers excep­tion­al exper­tise in design­ing, engi­neer­ing, and con­struct­ing solar pow­er sys­tems for agri­cul­tur­al oper­a­tions. With unim­ped­ed rows and easy con­struc­tion, NEX­Track­er offers max­i­mum reli­a­bil­i­ty, per­for­mance and prof­itabil­i­ty. Togeth­er, Cal­Com and NEX­Track­er are deliv­er­ing solar sys­tems that gen­er­ate more ener­gy at low­er cost, help­ing lead­ing grow­ers like Woolf Farm­ing to low­er their oper­at­ing costs with clean solar power.”

“Woolf Farm­ing and Pro­cess­ing has a mul­ti-gen­er­a­tional lega­cy of pro­duc­ing more with less while improv­ing the land,” said Stu­art Woolf, Pres­i­dent of Woolf Farm­ing. “Solar is a per­fect fit for our vision of sus­tain­able farm­ing, and Cal­Com Solar and NEX­Track­er are the best choic­es for our needs. We are excit­ed to be work­ing togeth­er with these great com­pa­nies to use the pow­er of the sun to not only grow food but pro­vide the ener­gy to process it for our customers.”

About NEX­Track­er, Inc.
NEX­Track­er (www​.NEX​Track​er​.com) offers a sig­nif­i­cant break­through in hor­i­zon­tal track­ing tech­nol­o­gy, with low­er costs, bet­ter per­for­mance and more flex­i­bil­i­ty for solar pow­er plants. These ben­e­fits increase solar project prof­its for devel­op­ers, EPCs and sys­tem own­ers. Lever­ag­ing world-class design and instal­la­tion exper­tise, NEX­Track­er has deliv­ered track­ers for dozens of projects in sizes exceed­ing 80MW, across three con­ti­nents. The com­pa­ny is head­quar­tered in Cal­i­for­nia with offices in Asia, Europe and South America.

About Cal­Com Solar
Cal­Com Solar, a lead­ing Cal­i­for­nia-based solar provider serv­ing agri­cul­ture and water dis­tricts, has exten­sive exper­tise in Ag ener­gy/wa­ter-use opti­miza­tion. Our found­ing team has 35 years of solar experience—delivering tremen­dous val­ue-add for agri­cul­ture and water dis­trict cus­tomers. Cal­Com has devel­oped pro­pri­etary Solar AG Ener­gy (SAGE) analy­sis soft­ware (http://​cal​com​so​lar​.com/​a​d​v​a​n​c​e​d​-​r​a​t​e​-​f​o​r​e​c​a​s​t​ing); this rev­o­lu­tion­ary tool ana­lyzes numer­ous factors—including his­tor­i­cal and future rate increas­es, water/​irrigation pat­terns, crop types, etc.—to gen­er­ate the most pre­cise ener­gy pro­jec­tions in the indus­try. For more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it www​.cal​com​so​lar​.com.

About Woolf Farm­ing & Processing
Woolf Farm­ing & Pro­cess­ing grows and pro­duces high qual­i­ty spe­cial­ty crops to help stock the world’s super­mar­kets, food man­u­fac­tur­ers, and restaurants.