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Achieving Greater Terrain Flexibility Across Challenging PV Solar Sites with DuraTrack
Utility-scale power plant projects around the world are running into
Cody Norman
A primary goal of utility-scale PV power plants is to optimize power production. To achieve that goal, manufacturers are turning to increased module sizes in the hopes of increasing module power. This can bring lower levelized cost of energy, lower balance of system costs, faster installation, and, sometimes, even reduced land costs.
With 650W+ modules now available, it appears that large module formats are here to stay, particularly when manufacturers can create th
Cody Norman
Extreme weather is a clear enemy of utility-scale photovoltaic power plants. A recent trend of increasingly costly extreme wind and hail disasters reinforces this point, wreaking havoc not only with the actual plants in terms of construction timelines and output, but on the availability and rates of commercial insurance for these properties.
In choosing how to fight back,
Jon Sharp
Throughout Array’s 30-plus years in utility-scale PV, we’ve seen major shifts in the solar energy market. As the market currently
Utility-scale PV market changes happen rapidly. These shifts have accelerated over the decades, but the past decade has been particularly transformative.
One significant change is utility-scale solar power plants growing in size. 1 MW was about average for a project in No
Every aspect of the PV solar project plays a part in risk. Plant design, available technology, and risk mitigation features that can be built into a tracker can affect all elements of a solar assets long-term risk profile.
Trackers are one of the major inputs of the risk equation. In this final post of our 3-part series on risk mitigation for investors and insurers, we’ll talk about trackers and risk over the long term.
Trackers are integral to lower financiaUtility-scale engineering and construction projects are inherently risky. Large numbers of people independently working on a site, out
The key to operating a successful PV power plant is maximizing energy harvest while keeping a vigilant eye on minimizing inefficiencies that lead to reduced profits or even underperformance.
Array Technologies’ SmarTrack™ energy optimization software platform is a new offering available to ensure asset owners are using the best tracking strategy possible to optimize energy production.
Optimizing yield with innovative machine learning algorithms, SmarTrack minimizes
Jon Sharp
Operating and maintaining a utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant is a time-consuming and expensive proposition.
However, there’s been a unique innovation in PV plant operation – though it comes from a simple and decidedly old-school source.
Sheep’s New Role in Lowering PV Plant Operations and Maintenance Costs
You read that correctly. Sheep are now being used for landscaping duty on PV plant sites, merging the worlds of a
Kearstin Krupiak
With more than 1.2 million solar panels, Texas’s Roadrunner solar plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world. In fact, by the time its second phase of construction is complete later this year, it will be the largest operational solar farm in Texas.
The plant has created hundreds of local jobs and become a beacon in the march toward innovation and sustainability, promising to generate approximately 1.2 TW/h of solar energy annually. To put it in perspective
Travis Rose