Tag: Mechatron Solar

  • IBEW adding dual-axis solar trackers, storage to net zero Detroit HQ expansion

    The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 58 will add three Mechatron Solar dual-axis solar trackers to expansion of their Corktown, Detroit corporate headquarters, the Zero Net Energy Center (ZNE). The planned 118.8 kW system, plus energy storage, are being installed by Motor City Electric during Q1 2024 to achieve Net Zero at the……

  • Overview of the dual-axis solar tracker market

    While single-axis utility-scale solar tracker installations have widely proliferated in the heady solar market, the more commercial and industrial-oriented dual-axis tracker has not enjoyed such rapid growth, despite the economic advantages the second axis offers by following the sun much more closely. Part of the reason that the market for dual-axis trackers has not boomed……

  • Boosts and boasts: The latest data on solar tracker + bifacial PV module production yields

    Improving the electricity yield in photovoltaic solar energy long has been a game of incremental additions of new technology. Over the past few years, bifacial panel adoption has been tested at a utility scale, and designs have been refined to the point that a high single-digit gain from a single-axis trackerRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Seven solar tracker system tweaks and new tech to know in 2020

    Sunfolding’s pneumatics One unique tracker design on display at Intersolar 2020 back in February was the bellow-actuated Sunfolding single axis tracker. The bellow, manufactured with a DuPont polymer, uses no motors to actuate the table, and relies on off-the-shelf pneumatics to inflate the bellow. The company recently upgraded its initialRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Six solar investment trends: Energy storage and shorter PPAs (and oil companies?) lead the way

      Corporate investors in solar energy are modifying their expectations and demands for future utility-scale solar projects, bolstering the profile of the industry as a long-term asset class, and altering PPA and contract terms that make more deals possible, said financiers at Intersolar 2020 in San Diego. The impact ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine