Engineers from Linak Australia ’s Techline team have turned their attention to developing electric actuators to be used in solar panels for tracking applications.
As the sun moves across the sky, these electric actuators ensure that solar panels automatically follow, and maintain the optimum angle to boost solar panel efficiency and increase power yields.
The reliable and long maintenance-free lifetime of Linak electric actuators make them well suited for this kind of application, even under rough environmental conditions.
Linak actuators can run on battery backup, with manual override also available, to ensure flexibility in the system.
The photovoltaic solar tracking system equipped with Linak electric actuators has an expected lifetime of 25-30 years and amortises itself on average within 4 years.