Nextracker to Supply 810 MW Solar Trackers to US Solar & Storage Projects

Solar tracking and software solutions provider Nextracker has signed a multi-year volume commitment agreement with solar and storage PV projects developer Strata Clean Energy to supply 810 MW of trackers for large-scale solar power projects in Texas, Arizona, and Virginia of USA.

Nextracker said that consistent with its years-long campaign to grow its partnerships with US suppliers, much of the trackers will be sourced from US factories. The financial details of the deal are not yet disclosed.

Markus Wilhelm, CEO of Strata Clean Energy, said, “Strata continues to grow with a mission to mainstream low-cost solar power by working with key partners like Nextracker. Nextracker’s leading-edge solar tracking technology enables a light-on-land approach that minimizes grading, maximizes energy performance, and incorporates clean US-made steel, creating energy jobs benefitting the US economy.”

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Dan Shugar, Founder and CEO of Nextracker, stated, “Strata’s integrated model of solar and storage development, EPC, and operations generates value for utilities and landowners. Our expanded US supply chain is well positioned for their needs to reliably deliver high performing solar power plants, while creating more jobs in communities across the country.”

Nextracker offers intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects around the world. The company’s products enable solar panels in utility-scale power plants to follow the sun’s movement across the sky and optimize plant performance. With over 70 GW shipped worldwide, Nextracker claims to lead the solar industry with solar tracker technologies that optimize and increase energy production while reducing costs for significant plant ROI.

Recently, IbVogt, German international solar developer, chose Nextracker to supply its NX Horizon-XTR solar tracker for the 150 MW Garnacha solar power project in Spain.

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India’s Amara Raja Power has also said that it is purchasing Nextracker products for NTPC’s 1,850-hectare solar power project in in Rajasthan that will have a capacity of 306 MWp.