NEXTracker, the U.S. firm that builds tracking devices for the solar PV market, has confirmed today the purchase of predictive modeling software company BrightBox. The acquisition will, according to NEXTracker CEO Dan Shugar, augment the company's software engineering resources, and brings on board BrightBox co-founders Allan Daly and Francesco Borrelli, who will add their years of modeling and predictive control experience to the NEXTracker team. Advanced diagnostics are becoming increasingly critical when building solar PV plants at large scale, and by bringing the BrightBox capabilities in-house, NEXTracker will be better placed to accelerate the commissioning time of its projects, and thus increase energy yield globally. "This innovative platform builds on our existing wireless monitoring infrastructure that is being used ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...