Stiff competition on the track

Stiffness – a lot more of it – could be the answer to single-axis tracker windy problems. The first batch of pioneering manufacturers have put forward revised designs that rely on stiffness more than on damping. Doing so has allowed them to create stable 2P designs, a configuration in which there is considerable interest as bifacial arrays proliferate.

Issue 01-2020

The steel wires dissipate forces into each post, which adds a lot of torsional stiffness. This installation in Jordan has been absolutely failure free for two years since its inauguration. Ideematec claims that this is above industry standard performance.

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