Solar panels that turn

Exfarmer

Member
Location
Bury St Edmunds
Trackers can double the output if they track in both dimensions and season, so going from vertical East at Dawn through South 55 degrees at noon midsummer etc.
Their are a few about but the install cost is very high.
Their is a small solar farm fitted with them, near me and I would love to see the output figures but have never been able to
 

Speedstar

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
Trackers can double the output if they track in both dimensions and season, so going from vertical East at Dawn through South 55 degrees at noon midsummer etc.
Their are a few about but the install cost is very high.
Their is a small solar farm fitted with them, near me and I would love to see the output figures but have never been able to
I think it is about £1500 to 2000 extra for that system but returns 25 to 30 % more
 

upnortheast

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Northumberland
When we put panels in one of the attractions was no moving parts. Suspect if you took the extra cost of trackers & bought extra panels with that money you would be better off.
 

Exfarmer

Member
Location
Bury St Edmunds
When we put panels in one of the attractions was no moving parts. Suspect if you took the extra cost of trackers & bought extra panels with that money you would be better off.
No doubt money for money panels win every time over machinery. However if you are limited by the DNO, this gives an option to generate far more power over a far longer day than conventional mounting.
I believe they are used in other parts of the world where yields are far higher by their closeness to the equator
 

renewablejohn

Member
Location
lancs
When we put panels in one of the attractions was no moving parts. Suspect if you took the extra cost of trackers & bought extra panels with that money you would be better off.

Depends how you do your panels but if you have panels on a pond its the raft that rotates so no moving parts unless your really posh and have a deck chair arrangement which you alter the pitch once a month.
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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