A 500-kilowatt PV plant is scheduled to be constructed at an industrial center near Roxboro, NC. The plant, being build by Carolina Solar Energy was awarded by local utility Progress Energy as part of an effort to meet mandatory state requirements for green energy production. Progress Energy picks Carolina Solar to build power plant – [...]
Archive | April, 2009
Basic Solar Site Analysis
Installation of a photovoltaic (PV) or solar energy system can be a complex and expensive process so getting it right every step of the way is important. Arguably one of the most important parts of this process is the solar site analysis. This undertaking in turn consists of several important elements that must be taken [...]
Chicago To Get Solar Power Plant
Chicago based Exelon, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities has plans to build a solar power plant on the south side of the city pending a federal loan covering most of the cost. The plant would utilize 32,800 solar panels providing power for up to 1,500 homes. chicogotribune.com – Solar energy plant planned for [...]
East Mesa, AZ $4 Million Solar Mansion
Belmont Homes of Mesa, AZ is slated to complete a custom home for local businessman Chen Liu by the summar. The 18,000 sq-foot house will include 140 solar panels which will initially provide 70 percent of it’s energy requirements. Liu will benefit from the utility company’s “EarthWise Solar Incentive Program”. Team works to build $4 [...]
Solar City, Florida
A 17,ooo acre swath of land in Florida called Babcock Ranch hopes to soon be “the first city on earth powered by zero-emission solar energy.” Real estate developer’s Kitson & Partners have described it as “Southwest Florida’s City of Tomorrow“, and with promises of 31 cent per month electricity it just might be. The site [...]
Solar Pathfinder – Solar Siting Device
Solar Pathfinder- a powerful non-electronic instrument that includes: – Printed Manual (online version also available) – Sunpath Diagrams (latitude & application specific) – Angle estimator (for determining altitude and azimuth) – White marking pen with extra leads – Tool box specifically designed for the Pathfinder™ Solar Pathfinder™ gives an entire year’s solar potential for a [...]
