Shoals Technologies and Nextracker Innovate to Launch North-South Big Lead Assembly (BLA) Product for Solar EBOS
September 20 2022 - 8:00AM
Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (“Shoals” or the “Company”)
(Nasdaq: SHLS), a leading provider of electrical balance of systems
(EBOS) solutions for solar, storage, and electric vehicle (EV)
charging infrastructure, and Nextracker LLC, the global market
leader in utility-scale solar trackers, today unveiled a new
North-South Big Lead Assembly (BLA) trunk bus product. Shoals’
latest innovation will be on display at the RE+ trade show in
Anaheim, California, September 20-22 (Booth #1304).
Since 2017, Shoals’ award-winning BLA has
revolutionized EBOS for utility-scale solar, enabling a faster,
safer, more reliable and more cost-effective installation.
Nextracker’s award-winning NX HorizonTM tracker features
independent rows, allowing personnel and equipment to traverse the
full length of multiple tracker rows freely. This unencumbered site
access reduces the time and labor required for vegetation
management, panel cleaning, and general site maintenance activities
throughout the life of the project by up to 50%.
To address challenges associated with site
access, Shoals and Nextracker collaborated to innovate a new
North-South BLA trunk product, which is specially optimized for NX
HorizonTM tracker rows. In this North-South BLA product, the trunk
bus runs parallel, rather than perpendicular, to the torque tube
and transition boxes along the North-South row step down the size
of the trunk bus along the tracker rows. Without any structures to
impede site access, ongoing power plant O&M is simpler and
faster.
Compared to conventional in-field North-South
wiring methods, Shoals North-South BLA delivers a 43% savings in PV
wiring installation labor, a 60% savings in DC wiring O&M, and
a 0.25% increase in energy yield due to less DC wiring voltage
drop.
“We are proud to partner with Nextracker to make
our leading solar ecosystems work optimally together, resulting in
utility-scale solar that is more cost effective for our customers,”
said Jason Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer of Shoals. “We will
continue to innovate collaboratively with Nextracker to enhance our
North-South BLA product to further optimize its architecture and
installation methodologies, enabling even more cost savings.”
“This collaboration with Shoals provides a
critical solution to an industry-wide challenge,” said Dan Shugar,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nextracker. “We are excited
this North-South BLA product is now available, helping more
projects realize the long-term benefit of our independent row
trackers.”
About Shoals Technologies Group,
Inc.
Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. is a leading
provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for
solar, storage, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Since
its founding in 1996, the Company has introduced innovative
technologies and systems solutions that allow its customers to
substantially increase installation efficiency and safety while
improving system performance and reliability. Shoals Technologies
Group, Inc. is a recognized leader in the renewable energy industry
whose solutions are deployed on over 20 GW of solar systems
globally. For additional information, please visit:
https://www.shoals.com/.
About Nextracker
Nextracker is the leading provider of
intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used
in utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar
projects around the world. Our products enable solar panels in
utility-scale power plants to follow the sun’s movement across the
sky and optimize plant performance. With over 60 GW shipped
worldwide, Nextracker leads the solar industry with solar tracker
technologies that optimize and increase energy production while
reducing costs for significant plant ROI. For more information,
please visit www.Nextracker.com.
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