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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2023
Nextpower Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Gil Kroyzer, Jerusalem, IL;
Israel Kroizer, Jerusalem, IL;
Morag Am Shallem, Jerusalem, IL;
Michal Arieli, Rehovot, IL;
Joseph Schwarzbach, Jerusalem, IL;
Nextpower LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of calibrating an angular position of a PV module in a solar energy system includes calculating a set of respective minimum-irradiance angles for a plurality of times during a travel period, pivoting the PV module through an actual travel path having an angular offset from a target travel path that is selected to intercept, at least once, a range of angles within a selected angular error away from a respective minimum-irradiance angle, and determining the angular offset, based on respective irradiance-value measurements obtained at a plurality of pivot angles along the actual travel path, where each respective irradiance-value measurement can include irradiance and/or a parameter characterizing electricity produced from the irradiance.