ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,167, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INSTITUT PHOTOVOLTAIQUE D'ILE DE FRANCE (IPVF) (Palaiseau, France), ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (Paris), TOTALENERGIES ONETECH (Courbevoie, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS- (Paris) and ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE (Palaiseau, France).

"Method for controlling a tracking device for maximizing the current produced by a bifacial photovoltaic solar module with multi-junction cells" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Puel (Paris) and Arthur Julien (Antony, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for maximizing the current produced by a bifacial photovoltaic solar module including a plur...