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How much more bankable are smart trackers compared to standard single-axis trackers? A question faced by project developers considering going for a tracker for their next project.
When installing a single-axis tracker at a solar project, developers first look at various bankability criteria, such as performance, reliability, installation, and O&M. In this pv magazine Webinar we will hear in greater detail how smart trackers stand out and what they are capable of.

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How much more bankable are smart trackers compared to standard single-axis trackers? A question faced by project developers considering going for a tracker for their next project.

When installing a single-axis tracker at a solar project, developers first look at various bankability criteria, such as performance, reliability, installation, and O&M.

Taking performance as an example, usually, trackers tilt following a date and time configuration that matches the longitude and latitude of the location of the array. However, this type of setup cannot account for diffuse light, albedo, bifaciality, or uneven terrain. This is where smart tracking technologies come into play and boost yield by considering all these additional factors.

In this pv magazine Webinar, Rob Foree, project manager at the solar developer Black & Veatch will discuss how the company performs bankability reviews for single-axis tracker projects, which tests his team runs, and how PVsyst comes into play. Foree will share with us the company’s experience using smart trackers.

Sun Kai, TrinaTracker’s Head of smart tracking technology, will join us at the webinar. From him, we will hear in greater detail how smart trackers stand out and what they are capable of. Also, Kai will show us a case study to demonstrate the technical advantages of smart tracking. The CEO of TrinaTracker EMEA Division, Juan Manuel Gómez, will be available for a Q&A afterward.

pv magazine Webinar content

  • Bankability reviews for single-axis tracker projects
  • Technical differences of smart trackers and the effects on bankability
  • Smart tracker definition and technology review
  • Case study
  • Q&A

Questions can be submitted beforehand or during the webinar through a chat window. Marian Willuhn from pv magazine will be the moderator of this webinar.

Registration for this pv magazine Webinar is free of charge.

Speakers

Rob Foree | Project Manager, Black & Veatch

Mr. Foree is a project manager in Black & Veatch’s Kansas City office, where he specializes in solar bankability studies, technical advisory, asset evaluation and independent engineering due diligence projects (renewable and conventional). Mr. Foree has been involved in numerous domestic and international bankability studies for multiple types of PV trackers, solar racking systems, PV modules, and energy market assessment efforts for renewable and conventional portfolios in North America. Mr. Foree joined Black & Veatch Management Consulting in 2013.

Sun Kai | Head of Smart Tracker Control System, TrinaTracker

SUN Kai received his Ph.D. in 2016 from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he then moved to State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology as a postdoc. He joined Trina in 2016, and focuses on the research about PV module and system performance and smart tracking technologies.

Juan Manuel Gómez | CEO, TrinaTracker EMEA

Juan Manuel Gómez, currently holds the CEO position at TrinaTracker Spain Competence Center BU. Prior to this role, he led the company´s tracker designing, optimization, and several other patented tracker-related solutions as Head of Support Structures R&D. Juan Manuel has more than 25 years of experience as industrial engineer, 15 of them working on solar structure solutions. His background also includes technical expertise in automotive suspensions and in hydraulic machinery. TrinaTracker BU current CEO gained an Industrial Engineering Degree at La Rioja University and he is completing a Computing Engineering Degree at UNED University.

Moderators

Marian Willuhn | Editor, pv magazine

Covering news on power electronics, start-ups and inverters, Marian writes for pv magazine’s international, Australian and German news platforms. He also helps edit the German print magazine. Marian previously worked as a PR-advisor for different clients in the renewable energy business.

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