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Smart Energy Strategies Integrating Solar Electric Generation and Energy Efficiency
In Spring 2002, Alameda County successfully completed the fourth largest solar electric system in the world atop the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California. The Santa Rita Jail is the largest energy user of Alameda County's government buildings. This solar installation, the nation's largest rooftop system, was commissioned to help...
Tags: PowerLight Corp., Alameda County, photovoltaics, solar energy, energy efficiency, strategy
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Photovoltaic (PV) Roofing
For years, homeowners have wanted to notice the impact of solar energy on their bills without seeing it on their roofs. Although the term "solar power" may be synonymous with energy-efficiency, environmental-friendliness, and freedom from utilities, many solar systems have been avoided because of their unattractive structure. For this reason,...
Tags: Manufacturing, NAHB Research Center, photovoltaics, solar system, solar energy, energy efficiency, benefit
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Photovoltaics: Basic Design Principles and Components
If you are thinking of generating your own electricity, you should consider a photovoltaic PV system?a way to generate electricity by using energy from the sun. These systems have several advantages: they are cost-effective alternatives in areas where extending a utility power line is very expensive; they have no moving...
Tags: Manufacturing, NAHB Research Center, photovoltaics, powerline, environment
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What is PV?: A Primer on Solar Photovoltaics and PV Systems
A constant and universal sun, a simple device with no fuel and no moving parts, and energy as near as your backyard: this image of photovoltaics has sparked the imagination of millions of people. What this technology is and how it is packaged to produce useful electricity is the subject...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics
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Potential Health, Environmental Impacts of Photovoltaic Cells Assessed
EPRI and the California Energy Commission cosponsored a project to collect information on potential environmental impacts of chemicals used in California's photovoltaic PV industry. A new report on the work from EPRI provides an overview of the photovoltaic industry and includes the types of cells that were manufactured or under...
Tags: Electric Power Research Institute, photovoltaics, chemicals, cell, manufacturing, industry, health care
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Case Study: Energy-Saving Technology
This paper highlights a case study on energy systems. Some Oregon ranchers have found that solar-powered water pumping is a cost-effective way to give their cattle a drink. A feasibility study showed a solar photovoltaic PV system to be cheaper over its lifetime than running a power line to the...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, powerline, beverage
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WisconSUN Case Study: The Lagerman-Mann Home
The article describes about energy systems. The Lagerman-Mann home exhibits the sustainable ethics and solar passion of its owners. Not only is the home very energy efficient, it also has four solar systems, including a photovoltaic PV system co-funded by WisconSUN. The solar systems include active and passive solar space...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, solar system, ethics
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Mauna Lani Water Pumping Facility
The Mauna Lani Resort and its affiliated companies are widely recognized as a pace setter in historic preservation and stewardship of the land. The Mauna Lani sought ways to reduce operating costs and avert the risk of future price volatility. In January 2002, PowerLight Corporation installed a 250 KW photovoltaic...
Tags: Manufacturing, PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics, volatility
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Residential Solar Case Study #2
Bob Regan and his family live in a four bedroom, 3-bath home on five acres in northern Bucks County. Bob's PV system has consisted of three major PV installations with the first one in 1992. Unfortunately, by 1999, many problems began to mount mostly stemming from defective PV modules, which...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics
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Task 8 Status Report: Very Large Scale PV Power Generation Systems
This case study describes about photovoltaic power generation systems. The objective of Task 8 is to examine and evaluate the feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) Systems on desert areas, which have a capacity ranging from over multi megawatt to gigawatt, and develop practical project proposals for...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, power generation, status report
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Inner Mongolia Household PV/Wind Hybrid Systems Pilot Project
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's IMAR government has been aggressive in developing renewable energy resources for both grid-connected and off-grid applications. In addition, more than 7,000 small PV systems have been installed in remote households. The case study project involved levelized cost analyses of existing systems in four counties in...
Tags: Manufacturing, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, photovoltaics, renewable energy
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Owning a PV/Wind Hybrid System: Being Your Own Utility
The Rezabek/Strous PV system consists of a fixed rack mounted with 1.2 kW of Solarex modules. The PV panels feed a 24-volt DC direct current battery bank. Everything but the Sunfrost DC refrigerator was powered through inverters, so that standard AC alternating current appliances could be utilized. Their PV system...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, alternating current, battery, bank
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City of Anaheim
For more than 100 years, Anaheim Public Utilities has served Anaheim water and electric customers with low rates and reliable service. Today, Anaheim Public Utilities serves more than 328,000 residents and businesses in the City of Anaheim and is Orange County's only publicly owned water and electric utility. Anaheim Public...
Tags: Manufacturing, PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics
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City of Chico
Located in Butte County, California, the city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell. Chico maintains an historic downtown, a wide variety of services and family oriented neighborhoods. Inspired by the growing number of California cities and counties that have successfully embraced solar power, Chico lawmakers and...
Tags: Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics, downtown, solar energy, renewable energy
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Contra Costa County
The County of Contra Costa was incorporated in 1850 as one of the original 27 counties of the State of California, with the City of Martinez as the County seat. Contra Costa needed a cost-effective solution to reduce the operating costs associated with running the County's municipal properties. Due to...
Tags: Manufacturing, PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics
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United States Navy: Naval Base Coronado, California
In response to California's energy crisis and the March 2001 Department of Defense call for demand reduction projects, Navy Region Southwest sought ways to reduce energy use in the San Diego metro area. The system is a unique solar electric carport which makes innovative use of an unused asset -...
Tags: PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics, California, asset
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Yosemite National Park: California
On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting Yosemite Valley to the State of California as an inalienable public trust. The National Park Service is entrusted with the task of safeguarding America's natural treasures. By implementing photovoltaic PV solar electric generation, the Park service could further fulfill...
Tags: Manufacturing, PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics, pollution, fossil fuel, California
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622 Kilowatt DC Solar Photovoltaic System Sewerage Commission-Oroville Region Oroville, California and England
The Sewerage Commission-Oroville Region (SC-OR) is online night and day, with a mission to provide sanitation services to over 15,000 families and businesses in its area. In California?s 2001 energy crisis, the state experienced rapidly rising energy prices followed by power outages. SC-OR sought energy sources that would stabilize its...
Tags: Manufacturing, Sun Microsystems Inc., kW, photovoltaics, solar system
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7.8 Kilowatt Solar Photovoltaic System Berkeley Montessori School Berkeley, California
The Berkeley Montessori School BMS serves 270 children ages 3 through 14. In early 2004, BMS moved into its new green campus. The classroom buildings are constructed with recycled and sustainable materials. They surround a historic train station that the school remodeled as a library. The classroom buildings feature photovoltaic...
Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, solar system, Sun Microsystems Inc., tool
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The Commercial Dissemination of Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya
The commercial market for solar photovoltaic PV home systems has been active in Kenya for over 10 years. Over 80,000 solar home systems SHSs have been sold, providing power to over 1% of the rural population of roughly 25 million people. The total installed capacity is over two megawatts MWp,...
Tags: Manufacturing, University of California, photovoltaics, power supply
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