Featured in Europe's PV heavyweights – 06-2014

Tracking new solar market trends

Solar trackers: Prices of trackers have dropped significantly in recent years, squeezing the returns on investment in the segment. Nonetheless, new players are entering the market, and new tracker designs and services continue to emerge.

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Charles W. Thurston

27 May 2014

PV tracker demand continues to grow at a blistering pace, with one tracker company suggesting that the utility-scale market will more than double to US$7.2 billion within five years. From a different perspective, the global PV tracker market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15% over the five-year period ending …

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