DuraTrack D2S: A Dual-Row Tracker Platform Designed to Reduce Project Cost, Improve Energy Production, & Lower Long-term Operating Risk

As utility-scale solar projects move onto more challenging sites, tracker selection increasingly influences far more than energy production alone. Labor availability, site utilization, grading requirements, wind exposure, maintenance costs, and long-term operating risk all affect project economics.

This white paper examines how tracker architecture can influence project performance across the full asset lifecycle and explores how DuraTrack D2S™ was developed to address the realities shaping today’s utility-scale solar projects.

Download this white paper to learn:

• How installation-friendly architecture can help reduce balance-of-plant costs
• Why terrain-following flexibility influences project economics beyond energy production
• How passive wind stow technology can help reduce wind-related production losses
• The role of construction-phase wind protection in project risk management
• How string-powered controls can help reduce long-term maintenance exposure
• Why tracker selection has become a project economics decision as much as a hardware decision

Key Findings Featured in the DuraTrack D2S White Paper: 

• Up to 19.3% Reduction in Assembly Labor: Internal analysis indicates approximately 5,980 labor hours saved on a representative 100 MW project.
• Up to 6.3% Greater Power Density: More installed capacity on the same land area.
• Up to 2° Terrain-Following Flexibility: Greater adaptability across uneven project sites.
• Up to 4% Modeled Energy Advantage: Under certain wind-stow conditions compared with representative active-stow approaches.*
• SmarTrack® Optimization Compatibility: Terrain-adaptive backtracking and diffuse weather optimization.
• Lower Maintenance Exposure: String-powered controls and reduced battery utilization support a simplified operating model.

* Based on modeled wind-stow scenarios. Actual results vary by site conditions, wind regime, tracker configuration, and operating assumptions.