The multi-national Japanese company Solar Frontier has begun to integrate its latest thin film panels in single-axis solar tracker systems via a strategical agreement with the Spanish company Grupo Clavijo. It is the first time that this integration has been successful. Thanks to this collaboration, the projects implemented with both of these advanced technologies are able to achieve greater overall efficiency for the installations into which they are integrated.
The most recent projects completed in collaboration in the United States include 18.7 MW (Morelos in Lost Hills, California) using the SP-1000 tracker model and 22 MW (Calipatria, California) also using model SP-1000. Furthermore, in 2015 Grupo Clavijo also installed 3.4 MW in Fresno, California (Cogeneración project).
The Spanish company, which this year will reach 1 GW of installed power, has projects planned for 2016 in the United States that will consist of 400 MW, taking into account the dynamic American solar photovoltaic market.