William Jessup named test site for solar tracking system
William Jessup University was chosen as a test site for a solar tracker. Inspired Solar Technologies, a leading developer of tracking systems for the solar power industry and William Jessup University, a private four-year university, along with the city of Rocklin Community Development Department recently announced that Inspired Solar Technologies’ ArrayBot solar tracker has been installed on the WJU campus for a one-year beta test. Inspired Solar Technologies’ new ArrayBot solar trackers combine proven hydraulic actuators with patent pending feed-forward motion control systems to produce tracking solutions designed to deliver a combination of strength, reliability, accuracy and cost-effectiveness. Solar trackers play an important role in helping the solar power industry reach “grid parity” where solar energy costs meet or beat legacy energy generation technologies, because they optimize the output of solar panels by keeping them on a precise axis with the sun throughout the day. “When I learned of the innovations going on at IST, I knew I had to be part of seeing these great products come to market,” said James E. Green, the CEO of Inspired Solar Technologies. “The test system at WJU marks another very exciting step.” The prototype system stands 21 feet tall and occupies a small footprint on the 128-acre campus of William Jessup University located on Sunset Boulevard in Rocklin. “As a university, we encourage new thoughts and bold innovative ideas,” said Joe Womack, Jessup’s Vice President for Advancement. “The opportunity to partner with IST and the city of Rocklin serves as a practical paving ground to achieve that process.” With WJU on board, Inspired Solar Technologies reached out to the city of Rocklin Community Development Department to establish their joint cooperation. “South Placer and particularly Rocklin are known as a community for alternative energy entrepreneurs to find local talent and local businesses to allow creativity to occur,” said Rocklin Assistant City Manager Terry A. Richardson. ~ Staff report
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This is great marketing from one of the local neo-con cabal members. They really work tightly with The Placer Herald which pushes something about the Univeristy almost every week. This is the same university that holds and biases even conservative political debates like the one for Congress where they only let McClintock and Ose speak when there were other Republican candidates. That was just plain wrong and tells everything about how the so-called "Christian" university operates as a part of the neo-con cabal that is finally somewhat out of favor these days. Solar Power? Conservative Environmentalism? Again, in comes City of Rocklin (Cabal member #2 after Placer County) to their constant aid. What the neo-cons get in return is their own university to train future neo-con politicians, etc. This University, contrary to Joe Womack's comment is not about encouraging new thoughts and bold innovative ideas. It's probably more about saving a buck with the assistance of my tax dollars via the Rocklin Community Development Department.