Guided by Document No. 136, the photovoltaic bracket technology is undergoing a transformation, shaping a future characterized by high-quality development. – Trina Solar
Changzhou, May 21, 2025 /PR Newswire/ — At a recent photovoltaic industry conference, Wang Zhibin, Co-President of the Bracket Division at Trina Solar, delivered a keynote speech titled “Equipment Selection for Power Plants in a Market-Oriented Trading Environment.” In his address, Wang Zhibin explored the significant role of tracking brackets in enhancing the profitability of photovoltaic power plants under the new circumstances brought about by Document No. 136. He provided new insights and directions for equipment selection in power plants, analyzed the current status and future prospects of tracking bracket applications domestically, and emphasized the urgent need for high-quality development within the industry.
Tracking brackets can increase the intraday weighted electricity price by 0.44-2.4 cents per watt, and the integration of AI technology further enhances efficiency. Wang Zhibin pointed out that, under the new policy framework, achieving a balance between energy supply and demand requires collaborative efforts from both sides to address structural contradictions and ensure stable grid operation. Compared to fixed brackets, tracking brackets generate higher electricity output during early and late hours, coinciding with high price periods in market-oriented trading, making them an effective means of enhancing photovoltaic plant profitability. According to estimates, tracking brackets can boost the intraday weighted electricity price by 0.44-2.4 cents per watt, potentially shortening the investment payback period by 1-2 years in a market-oriented trading environment.
As AI technology matures in the tracking bracket industry, intelligent algorithms have optimized power output during high generation periods, contributing additional gains to power plant revenues. Trina Solar’s SuperTrack intelligent algorithm has been delivered globally with a cumulative capacity of over 3 GW, and its generation benefits have been empirically recognized by renowned third-party institutions such as SGS and UL Solutions. In 2024, Trina Solar led the initiative to develop China’s first intelligent tracking bracket standard, titled “Testing Methods for Intelligent Tracking Performance of Photovoltaic Tracking Brackets” (T/CPIA 0082—2024), which has been officially approved. While pursuing independent innovation, Trina is also actively promoting technological advancements in the tracking bracket industry.
The domestic tracking bracket market significantly lags behind global levels, highlighting the urgent need to address quality shortcomings. Data from relevant third-party institutions show that the global penetration rate of tracking brackets was around 40% in 2023, with regions like the Middle East and Latin America reaching approximately 80%, and North America exceeding 90%. In contrast, China’s penetration rate stands at only 3%, revealing a substantial gap with international standards. As the leading market in the global photovoltaic industry, China’s development of tracking brackets is noticeably behind, primarily due to an excessive focus on minimum price bids while neglecting technological content and quality standards. This has led to the influx of outdated and low-quality products into the market, resulting in frequent operational quality issues and further exacerbating the industry’s misunderstanding of tracking bracket reliability.
Wang Zhibin emphasized that Trina Solar views quality as the lifeline of the enterprise, implementing strict controls from design quality and material quality to the production process. The company collaborates with world-class witnessing laboratories and third-party organizations to conduct rigorous testing on 10 key components across 34 testing items, ensuring product quality and reliability. For example, in a photovoltaic project in Ningxia, Trina Solar has reported failure rates of key components such as brakes, TCU/NCU, motors, and bearings that are significantly lower than the industry average.
The combination of high-efficiency components and intelligent tracking systems represents a pathway to achieving high reliability and high returns. In response to the increasing frequency of extreme weather conditions, Trina Solar has launched an extreme weather solution driven by extreme components and intelligent tracking technology. The thickness of the glass in extreme components has been increased by 25%, enhancing the energy impact resistance by 2.5 times compared to traditional models. The intelligent tracking system can forecast extreme weather in advance and implement proactive protective measures to ensure the safety of the plant’s assets and operations. Additionally, Trina’s smart cloud platform provides users with real-time online monitoring and regular maintenance suggestions. This unified warranty window not only reduces communication costs for clients but also avoids responsibility shifting, thus improving operational efficiency and lowering maintenance costs.
The advantages of tracking brackets in market-oriented electricity trading have been thoroughly validated, but the high-quality development of the industry still requires collaborative efforts across the entire supply chain. Through technological innovation and stringent quality control, Trina Solar has set a benchmark for the industry and provided a viable path for breakthroughs in China’s tracking bracket market.
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