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Conergy installs thin-film solar energy tracking system

The system employs former military software, solar tracker and thin-film combination to optimize solar energy output on sunny and overcast days.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Solar energy experts at Denver-based Conergy Americas and officials at California’s South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID) have installed what they say is the world’s first single-axis solar tracking system featuring thin-film photovoltaic cells. The 419-kilowatt system went live in late March. It is the second phase of a 1.6 MW solar energy solution that will save the irrigation district nearly $400,000 a year in utility costs, allow it to collect millions of dollars in state...

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