US 2026/0291430 A1 · SOLAR SITE NETWORK

Abstract

A local site network for controlling a solar tracking system may include a first communication system communicatively coupled with a second communication system. The first communication system may include a first photovoltaic (PV) module controller configured to cause a first set of PV modules to rotate based on weather data and a first system network controller communicatively coupled to the first PV module controller and configured to send weather data to the first PV module controller. The second communication system may include a second PV module controller configured to cause a second set of PV modules to rotate based on the weather data and a second system network controller communicatively coupled to the second PV module controller and configured to send the weather data to the second PV module controller. The system network controllers may include modems coupling the system network controllers via a cellular network standard.

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Dependent claims

A local site network for controlling a solar tracking system, the local site network comprising:

a first communication system, the first communication system including:
a first photovoltaic module (PV) controller configured to cause a first set of PV modules to rotate based on weather data;
and
a first system network controller communicatively coupled to the first PV module controller and configured to send the weather data to the first PV module controller, the first system network controller including a first modem;
and
a second communication system communicatively coupled to the first communication system, the second communication system including:
a second photovoltaic module (PV) controller configured to cause a second set of PV modules to rotate based on the weather data;
and
a second system network controller, the second system network controller communicatively coupled to the second PV module controller and configured to send the weather data to the second PV module controller, the second system network controller including a second modem;
wherein the first modem and the second modem communicatively couple the first system network controller and the second system network controller via a cellular network standard.

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A photovoltaic (PV) system, the PV system comprising:

a first set of PV modules;
a first communication system configured to cause the first set of PV modules to rotate, the first communication system comprising:
a first photovoltaic (PV) module controller configured to cause the first set of PV modules to rotate based on weather data;
and
a first system network controller communicatively coupled to the first PV module controller and configured to send the weather data to the first PV module controller, the first system network controller including a first modem;
a second set of PV modules;
and
a second communication system communicatively coupled to the first communication system and configured to cause the second set of PV modules to rotate, the second communication system comprising:
a second photovoltaic (PV) module controller configured to cause the second set of PV modules to rotate based on the weather data;
and
a second system network controller, the second system network controller communicatively coupled to the second PV module controller and configured to send the weather data to the second PV module controller, the second system network controller including a second modem;
wherein the first modem and the second modem communicatively couple the first system network controller and the second system network controller via a cellular network standard.

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A method of communicating between photovoltaic systems, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a first communication system controlling a first set of PV modules, weather data;
sending, via a cellular network standard, weather data from the first communication system to a second communication system controlling a second set of PV modules;
and
rotating, in response to receiving the weather data, the second set of PV modules.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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