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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Cedric Jeanty, Davis, CA (US);
Jason Charles Jones, Berkeley, CA (US);
Zachary Judkins, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ramakrishna Jupalli, Richmond, CA (US);
Jacob Marshall, Lafayette, CA (US);
Sy Olson, Oakland, CA (US);
Bart Wiktorowicz, Richmond, CA (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Solar tracker systems having several rows of photovoltaic strings individually actuated by respective tracker control systems, are described. In an example, a solar tracker system includes a tracker control system having a tracker controller powered by forward-fed power from a photovoltaic string, e.g., during daytime, and powered by back-fed power from a station hub, e.g., during nighttime. Methods of operating the solar tracker system to forward-feed or back-feed power to the tracker control system are also described.