TrinaTracker, a subsidiary of Trina Solar announced in a statement that it has signed an 875MW solar tracker supply contract for Qatar’s largest solar plant — the industrial cities solar power project (IC Solar).
The Contract was awarded by main EPC Samsung C&T (SSCT). (read more)
The contract is for the supply of two solar photovoltaic plants,417MW in Mesaieed Industrial City, and 458MW Ras Laffan Industrial City.
Both projects are expected to reach Commercial Operation at the end of 2024. Once completed, the plants will supply power to energy intensive facilities in the industrial complex owned by QatarEnergy and Qatar’s national electrical grid.
The Qatar IC Solar project was developed by the Qatar state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy, and Samsung C&T will be responsible for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC).
The projects plan to use 13,849 Trina Vanguard 2P solar trackers which have been specifically engineered to ensure long term reliability and optimize energy performance of large format bifacial solar modules.
This remarkable project represents a major milestone in the implementation of Qatar’s diversification of its energy resources, and to increase the uptake on high-technology innovative and sustainable renewable energy solutions. Once the project commences commercial operations, Qatar will increase its renewable energy capacity to 1.68GW, and TrinaTracker is sincerely proud to be the first Chinese company to deliver solar trackers to Qatar.
TrinaTracker’s Vanguard 2P tracker utilizes its patented spherical bearing design, with a high security lateral retention design which avoids building up of sand and other air borne abrasive agents to ensure smooth operation in uneven, arid desert, dusty and highly industrial environments. The polymeric bearing material is resistant to ultraviolet radiation, requires no lubrication, and can be safely used in extreme temperatures and harsh environments for more than 25 years.
The unique multi-drive arrangement with locking actuator design of its Vanguard 2P product has been extensively validated by one of the world’s leading wind tunnel consultancies RWDI. This provides an unequivocal zero risk offering to long term asset owners and investors in terms of eliminating the structural risks of accommodating large format solar modules onto dynamic structures such as Single Axis Trackers in harsh locations with high wind speeds, which in turn ensures the required long term financial outcomes will be achieved with the highest level of assurance.
