Featured in Catching the sun – 03-2010

A market in movement

Trackers: Tracking systems are being used more and more often in large solar plants. They assure a higher performance, but are also technically more complex. And the jury is still out on which system will perform best over the long term. The market for tracking systems is changing. While some start-up companies keep trying to bring biaxial tracking systems up to market maturity, Solon is preparing to ditch the technology. Lars Podlowski, Solon’s chief technical officer, tells pv magazine why.

Utility-scale solar is becoming increasingly popular. Investors and energy producers want to build ever larger solar power stations in the U.S. and in many European countries. Two examples are the 60 megawatt Parque Fotovoltaico Olmedilla de Alarcón in Spain and the 25 megawatt Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center completed in Florida in October 2009. …

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