Solar Steel to supply 118MW of solar PV trackers in Chile

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Solar Steel will supply 118MW of its TracSmarT+ 1V single-row and dual-row trackers to a Chilean PV plant in Antofagasta
Spanish PV tracker firm Solar Steel has supplied over 4.2GW of PV trackers in Latin America. Image: Solar Steel via LinkedIn.

Solar tracker and racking provider Solar Steel has signed a supply agreement for 118MW of PV trackers to a project in Chile.

The company, a subsidiary of Spanish steelmaker Gonvarri Industries, will provide nearly 2,000 of its TracSmarT+ 1V single-row and dual-row trackers to a solar PV plant in Antofagasta, one of the northern Chilean regions with the highest irradiation in the world.

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With this latest supply agreement, the Spanish company supplied over 4.2GW of solar trackers in the Latin American region, including a 400MW tracker supply in Peru last November.

In its home country of Spain, Solar Steel supplied 220MW of its TracSmarT+ 1V solar trackers to three PV plants from Spanish oil and gas company Repsol in February 2024. This marked the first supply agreement between both companies.

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