I agree that in many places installing a tracker isn’t economic, but not everyone does things with cost as the goal.
I’ve installed trackers because people wanted to see it move. I’ve installed trackers for folks who didn’t want to adjust for seasons. Yea we can have a long discussion about the economics of all that. But the point is that this is what the customer wanted. And I’ve gotten in big trouble in the past for not doing what the customer wanted. So installing a tracker probably isn’t going to be as cost effective as fixed, its going to have more MX cost than fixed. But its not wrong. jay peltz power > On Oct 3, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> wrote: > > Bill's point is well made, and equally relevant in heating dominated regions. > These typically are northern latitudes, where winter days are shorter, and > mountain regions, where severe winter weather keeps people indoors, meaning > more lights, more indoor activities and more boiler runtime. The greatest > loads occur when the solar resource is the least and tracking gives the least > advantage. > > May I suggest that you sell your client on being smarter than his neighbor > with the tracker? Present it well and you could end up with a more productive > array and fewer maintenance headaches. > Allan > > Allan Sindelar > <mailto:al...@sindelarsolar.com>al...@sindelarsolar.com > <mailto:al...@sindelarsolar.com> > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional > NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional > New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician > Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. > 505 780-2738 cell > >
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