AllEarth Renewables announced what it hopes will be the first of many partnerships with East Coast solar installers and dealers earlier this week.

The Vermont company manufactures the AllSun Tracker solar electric system. The system is new, but was thoughtfully engineered by founder David Blittensdorf.

“One of the issues people deal with in putting solar on rooftops is wind load,” Blittersdorf said. “Luckily, I spent my whole engineering career learning how to understand wind.”

He also founded NRG to analyze wind loads and spent years directing companies on the best ways to engineer their turbines to last, even with all those important moving parts. He sold NRG to his wife and began work on AllEarth Renewables.

This week, the little company announced a big success with a new contract to sell its systems through solar installer ReVision Energy in New Hampshire. The agreement will make AllEarth’s solar tracker available throughout most of New Hampshire and Maine, according to a release from the company.

“It’s great news,” said AllEarth spokesman Andrew Savage. "But we’re really thinking bigger picture. This is just the first step in establishing solar installer and dealer partnerships throughout the Northeast.”

The system significantly increases solar energy production from standard solar panels by following and tracking the sun through the sky. The system also protects panels in the event of high winds and violent storms, by automatically laying them flat when high gusts are detected.

In Vermont, a 4.2-kilowatt system will typically produce 490 kilowatt hours of electricity, which is enough to power the standard Vermont home, according to the announcement.

Savage said AllEarth is working with several other installers and retailers to develop new markets for its AllSun Tracker.

“We anticipate that this will be the first of many, and we hope it will fuel growth,” Savage said.

The company aims to grow its business in all sectors, and Savage said he expects strong sales. There has been significant interest in residential, commercial and even utility-scale use for the trackers, Savage said.

The company installed a 2.2-megawatt project in July, he said.

“The company is readying production to match an increase in sales,” he said.

Image courtesy of AllEarth Renewables