Solar installation going up in my neighborhood

[protomech]

Looks like a few sun-tracking systems, a couple fixed parking canopies, and a bunch of fixed tilt ground-level systems. Should have a dozen Blink J1772 charger supplies, supposedly 120v outlets as well.

Neat

[Gavin]

NICE

me=jealous...

a sweet set up...but does Alabama get any sun?

Gavin

[protomech]

North AL gets about 4.5 hours of sun per day, averaged over the year .. probably median for the US.

[Gavin]

I was just joshing you....I think just about everyplace should have solar...make solar cheap enough and it works everywhere...

of course I am spoiled...Albuquerque has the highest amount of sunlight for an large city in the US...

http://www.solarexpert.com/Pvinsolation.html

Gavin

[Richard230]

Our city sewer plant has been using solar panels to augment their power needs for several years - in spite of being shrouded in fog much of the year. Here is a photo of the plant on a clear day.  Last year our local high school covered the roofs of all of its buildings with solar panels also.

[protomech]

Woah. That's a serious solar install. Are the horizontal surfaces (what appear to be parking canopies) also solar panels?

[Richard230]

Woah. That's a serious solar install. Are the horizontal surfaces (what appear to be parking canopies) also solar panels?

I don't think so.  Around here you don't want any horizontal surfaces that will not be washed off by the rain or drizzle due to the local seagull population.