The contract includes the supply of STI Norland’s STI-H250 dual-row trackers, the first of their kind in the marketplace. Together with the structure supply, the services provided for the Brígida project include pull-out tests, which involve an analysis of terrain strength by applying forces which simulate wind effects and structural weight, as well as qualification and installation programs, assembly supervision, as well as operations and maintenance training.
This PV plant is a centralized generation project, where STI Norland has a market share in Brazil of almost 40 per cent. Within distributed generation, the solar tracker manufacturer it is responsible for about 90 per cent of all equipment delivered.
Four times larger turnover
Since its establishment in Brazil in 2015, STI Norland’s turnover increased four-fold, amounting to 62 thousand solar trackers sold. The company completed or are currently working in a total of 160 projects throughout Brazil, with an additional 40 scheduled for delivery in 2021.
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From 2019 to 2020, the growth of STI Norland in Brazil was 95 per cent, largely due to a significant market share increase and to the selected business strategy, focused on bringing to the domestic market the largest projects developed in Brazil to date.
Significantly higher demand
STI Norland refers to increased possibilities to negotiate with suppliers, mainly due to a significantly higher demand, as well as to a larger number of tracker spare parts being manufactured in Brazil, hence optimizing equipment and protection strategies, and ensuring quoted prices for each project. (mfo)
