NextPower leads Wood Mackenzie tracker rankings as US, China dominate
Wood Mackenzie ranked NextPower as the world’s top PV tracker manufacturer in the first half of 2025, with companies headquartered in the United States, China and Spain occupying all top 10 positions.
Antaisolar launches single-axis tracker
The Chinese company says its AT-spark has a length of up to 143 m and a rotation range of 60°. It can accommodate up to 120 solar modules.
GameChange Solar releases solar tracker topography design tool
The new TopoSmart+ software enables users to find the most cost-effective topography and design plan to install the company’s Genius Tracker solar mounts at a given location.
Gonvarri Solar Steel unveils new tracker
Spain’s Gonvarri Solar Steel claims that its new single-row tracker can improve structural stability and performance in adverse conditions.
Spanish startup Soletrax creates custom trackers for individual projects
The new Trxone, a single-row tracker with short independently tracked rows that are not subject to the tracking algorithm of the master row. The trackers are manufactured separately for each project.
Valmont Solar presents new tracking system
The manufacturer will release the system in Europe in early 2025. It is weld-free and supports single-string and multi-string configurations.
Passive solar tracker wind stowing boosts energy production
Solar panels are often tilted to a stowed position to prevent wind damage to utility-scale assets. Array Technologies introduced a passive stowing strategy that reportedly prevents unnecessary production losses.
Terrain-following solar tracker with a pneumatic twist
Sunfolding’s new TopoTrack rows are reportedly 10 times shorter than traditional trackers, and they can provide 20 degrees of variation between trackers, thus improving slope tolerance between rows.
Soltec’s new bifacial tracking algorithm
Soltec says its new algorithm optimizes tracker positioning by considering both frontal and rear radiation, resulting in a production increase of up to 0.30%.
French startup offers ‘manual’ solar tracker for residential PV systems
France-based Luciole & Basilic has developed a tracking system that can be manually oriented according to the zenith every 15 days. The startup recently introduced the first prototype and is now looking for distributors.
