No, I have not flown half way around the work to check out another impressive Solar PV installation. That is what I have guys and girls for xD. A regular reader, Andrew, alerted me to a massive solar installation that he just discovered on his travels.
Here is Andrew to tell his story;
“Hi Gavin,
I am currently attending the Supercomputing conference SC12, over in Salt Lake City Utah. This evening while walking out through the foyer, I spotted what I thought was a “You are here” type display with a slideshow scrolling and noticed what looked like solar panels, so I had to stop and have a look.
Indeed they were solar panels, 6000 of them on the roof of the convention centre.
I’ve attached a couple of photos for your interest, one of which has all the stats.
When we arrived and for the first 3 days, it snowed and snowed and was grey all day, so I imagine that weather is not uncommon, but even so, someone has decided that it is worthwhile sticking 6000 solar panels on the roof. 6000 is a big enough number that you could be reasonably sure it is an actual serious attempt to generate power, not a “greenwash” installation to try and score some political points.
Apparently it is one of the largest rooftop arrays in the US: http://www.bellaenergy.com/2012/05/bella-energy-completes-salt-alace-convention-center-solar-array/
I look forward to the day when such things aren’t remarkable, but they still are to me at least.
Anyway, thought you may be interested in another out-of-the-ordinary installation.
Andrew”
Nice observation Andrew, and thanks for sharing.
It is indeed an impressive investment, and pretty hard to chalk up as greenwash. At 1.65 Megawatts peak, it is expected to produce 2.3 MWh in the first year. Have a look at this video that shows the installation of the array.
It looks like some cared one heck of a lot to put up the capital to make this happen. It puts my little array to shame, but I still love it!
If anyone else has stumbled cross impressive renewable energy systems in their travels, please feel free to send me through some information via email. I will endeavour to research them further, and post them up every few week.
Lets show people that lots of folk are real serious about renewable energy around the world.
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