SunPower Tracker solar tracking technology released

SunPower has released a new line of single-axis tracking systems for large-scale solar electric projects and power plants. SunPower already offers the highest efficiency photovoltaic solar panels commercially available for residential use, and it will be interesting to see if they make solar tracking technology available for residential use as well.

The SunPower Tracker system has been in use for a while now, and has been proven to deliver more energy per land area than competing systems. The SunPower Tracker also has unique backtracking algorithms that allow the panels to tilt out of alignment with the sun at low sun angles to ensure that the no panel is shaded by another, increasing total power output.

The SunPower T20 Tracker is the next generation in SunPower solar tracking technology. SunPower has improved upon their original Tracker by tilting individual arrays up to 25 degrees towards the sun, which then rotate on a single axis with higher effective insolation that generates up to 30% more energy than traditional fixed-tilt systems. SunPower ships the systems complete, designed to be installed with no ground penetration to reduce cost and increase speed of deployment. With panels that generate up to 50% more power than the competition, and a modular single axis tracking system that requires half the land area per MW of power, the new SunPower T20 Tracker will be an attractive system for large and small solar installations alike.