About Solar Trackers and Mounts

Solar trackers are devices that orient solar panels toward the highest intensity sunlight. A solar tracker is required for efficient solar panel operation. Either standard photovoltaic trackers or concentrated photovoltaic trackers can be used to orient solar panels for maximum efficiency. Trackers can be categorized by their number of axes, drive type, actuation architecture, and number or type of supports. A single tracker often operates a field of solar panel arrays, with software orienting each array to the appropriate angle based on their spacing and location in a grid. Whether a solar array uses a standard photovoltaic tracker or a concentrated photovoltaic tracker will depend on the geographical location of the panels.

About Standard Photovoltaic Solar Trackers

Standard photovoltaic trackers increase the amount of energy gathered from sunlight by minimizing the angle between the sun and the photovoltaic panel. This increases the amount of energy captured from a moving source, like the sun. Compared to a fixed mount, a standard photovoltaic tracker can increase annual energy output by up to 36%.

About Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Trackers

Concentrated Photovoltaic solar trackers focus magnified sunlight on photovoltaic cells in order to generate additional electrical energy. Using optics technology, similar to focusing a beam of sunlight with a magnifying glass, concentrated trackers can increase the amount of energy hitting each photovoltaic cell.