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Tipoffs for Asheville, North Carolina (State) Newsletter for Sunday February 06, 2022 ( 1 items )  

Western Carolina University: Engineering Students Collaborate to Design and Build a Solar Tracking Array
CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Feb. 5 (TNSOps) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: For a junior design class, three engineering students at Western Carolina University built a solar tracking array. The device finds and tracks the sun to keep solar panels optimally aligned with it as the Earth rotates. North Carolina is a leading state for solar panel installations and such devices can boost the amount of energy generated. That's because panels are most efficient when   more