The rapid growth in the size of solar panels is reshaping the engineering of utility-scale photovoltaic plants, forcing structure manufacturers and developers to rethink the design of solar tracking systems. In this context, Factiun is working on a new generation of solutions capable of adapting to increasingly larger, heavier modules and more demanding electrical configurations.
During Future Energy Summit Iberia 2026, Pablo Landa Labiano, CEO of Factiun, explained that the recent evolution of photovoltaic modules has become one of the main drivers of change within the solar industry.
“From 2017 to today we are seeing modules that have grown by nearly 50%, and also increased in weight by around 50%, in addition to longer strings,” the executive said.
This shift in panel size directly impacts the structural design of tracking systems, as it requires plant configurations capable of operating with greater mechanical and electrical loads. According to the executive, this calls for solutions designed to respond to a new generation of utility-scale solar projects.
“The bifila configuration is the most efficient and versatile in many projects, because it can efficiently cover a wider range of plant configurations,” Landa Labiano said.
The executive was part of the team that drove the launch of this type of tracker to the market in 2017, a technology that has since become one of the most widely used configurations in utility-scale solar plants. However, he explains that the evolution of photovoltaic modules and project requirements has pushed the company to move toward a second generation of this solution.
“What we aimed to deliver was precisely a response to what the market needs today, because perhaps the product had not evolved as much as the sector required,” the CEO said.
In response to this scenario, the company developed a new series of trackers. “We have evolved toward a second generation of bifila trackers that are far more adaptable to terrain conditions, prepared for large modules and long strings, even incorporating two streams per row without any issues.”
The goal of these solutions is to enable solar plants to maintain efficiency and structural stability even in complex locations, where different climatic and regulatory factors also come into play.
“They are designed for sites with high wind conditions, heavy snow loads and adapted to different regulatory frameworks,” he added.
Beyond technological evolution, the CEO emphasized that the solar market is undergoing a process of global expansion in which each region presents particular technical and regulatory conditions. In this context, Latin America has positioned itself as one of the company’s strategic regions, where Factiun is already involved in several solar markets.
“Latin America is extremely important for us. We have extensive experience in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru and also Central America,” the CEO said.
“To support projects across all their phases, it helps us tremendously to establish local teams in the different markets,” he added.
One example of this strategy is the 180 MW San José project that the company is currently executing in Peru, one of the markets gaining momentum within the regional solar landscape.
During the development of this plant, the company managed to significantly optimize the project’s civil works requirements. “The project initially contemplated earthworks of 140,000 cubic meters, but after working on the adaptation of our solutions we managed to reduce it to around 14,000 cubic meters,” the executive explained.
“That is a good example of how we like to work on projects and how we aim to adapt to the requirements of each site,” he concluded.
