Grupo Clavijo compares the performance of different tracking systems

The study involved calculating the performance of three tracking systems, all of them from the GRUPO CLAVIJO range: the SC05 with a single axis, the SR04 with a double axis and the fixed structure, FSC model. For six months – from 21 December 2009 to 22 June 2010 – using the same type of panels, and under the same climate conditions, the performance of each of them was recorded systematically. The study concludes that the performance of the double-axis tracker is 35% higher than that of the fixed structure. Regarding the single-axis tracker, the performance is 19% higher. These practical studies reveal the importance of taking into account performance when assessing an investment in tracking systems, above all taking into consideration the amortization time.