Tag: Solar Trackers
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DESRI boosts solar fleet performance in all weather conditions with this Nextracker upgrade
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) will be upgrading its entire solar fleet that use Nextracker’s smart solar trackers with TrueCapture energy enhancement and NX Navigator monitoring software. As an initial adopter of the technology, DESRI has played a key role in helping Nextracker optimize the software and develop newRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign starts solar project construction, expects to turn on this winter
Construction is underway on the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign’s Solar Farm 2.0, with a commercial operation date expected for early 2021. The new 54-acre, 12.1 megawatt solar array is located north of Curtis Road, between First Street and U.S. Route 45, next to the Village of Savoy. OnceRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Hello, Pneumatics: The case for Sunfolding’s intriguing air-powered solar tracker
New systems with “innovative concepts” can be a challenging decision for solar developers and EPCs, and rightfully so when it comes to solar trackers. But what if that innovation is based on one of the oldest, most reliable power-conversion concepts humankind has, fueled by our most plentiful free resource? ThatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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What RatedPower learned after running 1,000 bifacial solar project simulations last month
RatedPower, a young company focused on the design and engineering of solar plants via pvDesign software, recently launched its own bifacial energy yield model. This model enables pvDesign users to experience first-hand the gain they might obtain using bifacial technology. Since the introduction of the bifacial energy yield model onRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Soltec expands two-modules-in-portrait tracker concept with new SF7 Tandem
Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec is an advocate of the two-in-portrait strategy (covered a bunch here), and it’s doubling down on the concept with its SF7 Tandem tracker. The Tandem will be the first tracker on the market to be linked in a 2-in-portrait (2P) configuration every two rows. The characteristics ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine