Westchester County Business Journal Growth spurs expansion for Mercury
Growth spurs expansion for Mercury
Just like the cell phone, once the size of a World War II walkie-talkie, solar panels have made the same leap to minimalism. Bendable panels as thin as cardboard have replaced the blocky stiff ones of yesterday.
Growing alongside the energy-inducing apparatus is solar integrator Mercury Solar Systems in New Rochelle.
The company will relocate by mid-September to a 21,000-square-foot-plus space in Port Chester at 36 Midland Ave., which is more than triple the size of their current 5,000-square-foot headquarters; the transaction is pending a lease finalization.
Mercury also just secured a multi-year direct supply agreement with Energy Conversion Devices Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of proprietary, thin-film amorphous silicon-based photovoltaic laminates.
“To design the best products and solutions, we had to look at all the different technology out there,” said Jared Haines, cofounder and president of Mercury Solar Systems. “We have consistently been attracted to UNI-SOLAR products because of their flexibility, light weight, ease of installation, durability and real-world performance.”
One benefit is strong performance in high-wind zones, Haines said. “A very slow methodology of applying gases to a metal sheet is a process that allows for really high temperatures. Theoretically, you will get more production and savings than out of a standard polycrystalline panel,” he said.
Energy Conversion Devices will sell some 15 megawatts of laminates under the terms of agreement to Mercury and will provide technical training and assistance for future design of solar PV systems.
Financial terms were undisclosed.
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