blinded by the light and shaking with fright! [RE-wrenches]

Mangelsdorf, Marco mmangelsdorf at hei.com
Thu Mar 6 12:30:22 PST 2003


Thank yous to Graham, Bill, Bob, Joel, Matt and others for responding to this issue.  The PV array would be located just south of the single runway at the Kona Airport at Keahole Point.  There are also other PV projects underway in that same area.  PowerLight has sold a 600+ kW set of ground-mounted systems in the area and we just sold a 10 kW crystalline system for a charter school as well.  Whether they--the state Department of Transportation and FAA--are going to be amenable to PV within their jurisdiction around the aeroporto remains to be seen.  All it really takes is for one of those state or federal folks (nicer than saying "bureaucrats") to determine that the perceived glare of nearby PV arrays poses an unacceptable visible hazard for aircraft coming and going and a lot of us are screwed, especially PowerLight. 

Bleah.....

aloha,
marco
ProVision Technologies, Inc.
Hilo, Hawai'i


Marco,

Do pilots wear their aviation sunglasses for a reason or just for style?
The polished aluminum American Airlines jets are super shiny and
reflective and when sitting on an airport taxi-way are probably
physically larger than your PV array.  Is the typical landing approach
pattern from the south at this airport?  Do they know that PV modules
are designed to absorb as much light as possible and reflect as little
as possible? Do they object to a flat mounted array as a possible
option?

Graham

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