Technology company on a mission
We empower communities to maximize their solar energy production with state-of-the-art solar solutions that maintain full use of valuable ground below. We are driven to help accelerate the world’s transition to renewable energy.
We manufacture, sell and install our patent-pending elevated dual-axis solar trackers for commercial and community solar installations.
Our commercial solar projects have been awarded grants from the Oregon Department of Energy and USDA.
To bring the benefits of the elevated Stracker dual-axis solar ttrackers to communities far and wide, we are looking for commercial solar installer partners outside our local service area of northern California and southern Oregon.
We have a passion for innovative solar energy systems.
We are a team of innovation-minded professionals working to develop truly impacting sustainable energy products and systems.
Thanks to all our current and past employees who helped propel the showcase Stracker Model S1 to national acclaim and market leadership as a UL-3703 listed elevated solar power plant.
Interested in learning more about us or visiting the shop where the Strackers are fabricated? Have an idea to share or would like to join our team? We’d love to hear from you.
Heritage
Our humble beginnings…
Charlie Sharpe started Sharpe Solar Systems in Bakersfield California in 1976, the year his son Jeff graduated high school.
Sharpe Solar designed, fabricated and installed their signature “Magic-Box” bread-box solar water heater (cold water in, wahlaa, hot water out) in addition to thermal pool covers, high-efficiency woodstoves, shading and oil-field monitoring systems in that era of Jimmy Carter tax-credits. The business was sold to new owners in 1981 and became one of California’s longest-running solar businesses.
Jeff earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics at the At University of California, Santa Barbara where he and his project teams worked with a variety of solar collection systems including the Zomeworks passive solar-tracker.
At UCSB Jeff and his team developed a novel insulated (surf-board foam) Magic-box water heater that closed itself at night on the Engineering Department’s roof.
Jeff’s folks Charlie and Carol served on the Board of Directors for several of Jeff’s businesses over the years, including the school-focused energy modeling and EPCM firm Sharpe Energy Solutions he began in Ashland in 2007.
SES continues to provide services to schools and Tribes as well as design, testing and project assistance for its sister business Stracker Solar which Jeff and his team incorporated in 2017.
Since its incorporation, Stracker Solar has been pleased to provide local jobs and fabrication services for a cohort of enthusiastic and talented employees and owners, and is honored to have developed the country’s premier elevated tracking system.
Stracker Solar continue the pursuit of sustainable energy systems with the same integrity, innovative mindset and care that have been a hallmark of the Sharpe Energy businesses since the 70s.