AndyH
Well-known member
Took a little field trip last weekend...
The array is facing roughly SW - best to provide power during afternoon peak demand. The panels are on fixed mounts. The ground in the area - which until a bit more than year ago was a farm field - is hard as a rock. While the panels offer shade for strips of weeds, the area is probably only suitable for grazing (short) goats...
Today's EV World newsletter included info on the just-commissioned NRG Solar 'Roadrunner' facility in New Mexico across the border from El Paso.
http://evworld.com/mobile/InsiderEdition11.37.pdf
http://www.nrgsolarenergy.com/projects/PDFs/RoadRunner-factsheet_07.2011.pdf
210 acres, 340,000 FirstSolar thin film panels, 20 MW, single axis trackers.
The array is facing roughly SW - best to provide power during afternoon peak demand. The panels are on fixed mounts. The ground in the area - which until a bit more than year ago was a farm field - is hard as a rock. While the panels offer shade for strips of weeds, the area is probably only suitable for grazing (short) goats...
Today's EV World newsletter included info on the just-commissioned NRG Solar 'Roadrunner' facility in New Mexico across the border from El Paso.
http://evworld.com/mobile/InsiderEdition11.37.pdf
http://www.nrgsolarenergy.com/projects/PDFs/RoadRunner-factsheet_07.2011.pdf
210 acres, 340,000 FirstSolar thin film panels, 20 MW, single axis trackers.