Balance of System

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded more than €160 million (US$183 million) in funding to 40 clean energy manufacturing projects, three of which are for solar PV.

eBOS hardware, long overlooked in PV design, is now central to solar project cost optimisation as technologies advance, writes Shreeyashi Ojha.

US tracker supplier Array Technologies has launched an enhanced version of its DuraTrack system that supports a two-row module format.

Chinese solar tracker producer Arctech Solar signed 3GW of supply deals at the SNEC conference in Shanghai, China, last week.

The top 10 PV tracker manufacturers are investing in artificial intelligence applications or advanced materials to improve tracker performance or reduce solar project costs.

PV Talk: Frank Oudheusden explains how robotics could create a paradigm shift and improvements in PV system optimisation for extreme weather.

US-based tracker and balance of system provider GameChange Solar has released a new solar PV plant monitoring system alongside robotics and analytics firm Raptor Maps.

Bondada Engineering has secured a US$85 million contract for balance-of-system works on a 600MW solar PV project in Fatehgarh, Rajasthan. 

American Steel and Aluminum (ASA, which produces US-made solar foundations, has opened a new facility in Syracuse, New York.

European solar procurement is shifting away from cost concerns towards other risks, according to speakers at the SolarPLUS Europe conference in Milan yesterday.