Solar Tracker
topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 3 episodes
Cheeky Pint 
the Green Blueprint
5 statements about Solar Tracker, every show
Mechanical solar tracking systems became economically obsolete in 2016
“Economically speaking we should have deleted trackers in 2016, right? Like the trackers are the systems that move the panels around. Obviously we're still in 2025 installing trackers.”
Madrone: Sunfolding required only 3-4 structural components versus dozens for traditional trackers
“So Sunfolding had about three to four structural components compared to dozens of structural components that a traditional tracker would have.”
Madrone: Solar trackers produce an almost flat generation profile across the day
“One of the problems with solar is you're really peaky in the middle of the day, but when you add trackers, you're almost flat over the course of the day. And this is a huge deal for building a new kind of grid based on solar.”
US steel costing triple Asian steel crushes domestic solar manufacturers
“Half of any tracker is steel, and if that underlying commodity is threex the cost in the U.S., it's going to make it hard to compete with anyone.”