Abstract
Energy yield and occupation of land are two parameters that must
be optimized when designing a large PV plant. This paper presents
the results of simulating the energy yield of flat panels for some
locations and different tracking strategies as a function of the
ground cover ratio. Some interesting results for design purposes,
such as the optimal solar trackers depending on the land availability
or the energy gains of every tracking strategy, are shown. For example,
the energy gains associated to one northâsouth axis tracking, referenced
to static surfaces, ranges from 18 to 25%, and from 37 to 45% for
the two-axes tracker for reasonable ground cover ratios. To achieve
these results, a simulation tool with appropriate models to calculate
the energy yield for different solar trackers has been developed
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