Unirac is a North American
solar power
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infrastructure provider that has a 30 percent share of the North American solar racking market.
Unirac's customers include the
Google
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campus
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,
Mineta San Jose International Airport
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,
BJ’s Wholesale Club,
Universal Studios Hollywood
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, the
Orange County Convention Center
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and the
Minneapolis-St. Paul Convention Center. The company provides its products through distributors in California, New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Arizona, Rhode Island, and Australia, as well as Unirac Canada, a subsidiary.
Unirac designs and tests its products in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and manufactures them in United States and
Ontario
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, Canada. Unirac solutions meet "
Buy American
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',
ARRA and Ontario Power Authority
FIT (Feed-in Tariff) and microFIT criteria. More than 90 percent of the company’s supply chain is US-based.
Unirac has been established as a rapid racking system with DNV GL verifying Unirac’s Roof Mount (RM) Installs at 12 Modules Per Man Hour.
Their distribution network for solar products includes 88 distributors and wholesalers, in eleven countries.
History
Unirac, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in
Albuquerque
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,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
. The company was acquired in May 2010 by Liechtenstein's
Hilti Group, a construction tool supplier. Unirac was sold by the Hilti Group in 2016 to Tenex Capital Management and continues to operate under the Unirac name.
Unirac has achieved
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001:2004 certification for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and
ISO 9001:2008 certification for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It was the first solar infrastructure company to secure both certifications.
See also
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Photovoltaic system
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Photovoltaic mounting system
Photovoltaic mounting systems (also called solar module racking) are used to fix solar panels on surfaces like roofs, building facades, or the ground. These mounting systems generally enable retrofitting of solar panels on roofs or as part of the ...
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Photovoltaics companies
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.unirac.com/
1998 establishments in the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Privately held companies based in New Mexico
Solar energy companies of the United States