US Patent Issued to BRIGHTNIGHT POWER on Jan. 13 for "Optimizing solar tracker tracking using 3D modeling" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,732, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BRIGHTNIGHT POWER LLC (West Palm Beach, Fla.).

"Optimizing solar tracker tracking using 3D modeling" was invented by Mohit Aggarwal (Austin, Texas), Cedric Leroy (Austin, Texas) and Benjamin Calvin Bourne (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for optimizing power output of a photovoltaic (PV) power plant are disclosed. A method includes obtaining spatial data of the PV power plant and generating a 3D model based on the spatial data. Shading patterns for PV modules are simulated using the 3D model. Optimized tracking parameters for solar trackers are determined based ...