Applied Energy Technologies (AET), a preferred supplier of commercial and utility-scale racking systems and one of the top 10 solar racking companies in the United States, was selected by Empower Energies to provide its Rayport-B roof ballast mounting system at GMs Baltimore Operations facility in White Marsh, MD. This manufacturing campus already featured a 1.23-MW rooftop solar array. The new system will add approximately 2,420 5-by-3 solar panels, covering 87 percent of the roof area of the GM e-Motor building, a 110,500-square-foot addition that manufactures electric motors and drive units for the Chevrolet Spark EV.
Our roots are in the automotive industry, said Aaron Faust, VP of Business Development at AET. The precision and rigorous specifications required to manufacture quality products in the automotive industry are traits embodied in GM, and ones that we bring to our solar racking systems. Our Rayport-B roof ballast system brings unprecedented quality and reliability to the PV installation at GMs facility.
AET has more than 30-years of product development and engineering experience in both the automotive and solar industries.
We are committed to providing the highest quality products and system components for our customers, said Len Jornlin, Empower Energies CEO. General Motors leads the automotive industry in renewable energy initiatives. We selected AETs Rayport-B mounting solution because it matched the high standards GM expected in its solar PV installation.
