puzzling performance [RE-wrenches]

[Keith Cronin]

Hey California Wrenches

Why doesn't some one write to Kerry Cavanaugh
kerry.cavanaugh at dailynews.com
to clarify the articles vagueness. Perhaps he could write another
article from a solar guy or two. The public needs to know and compare
something tangible. Without that, solar again and again, will have to
fight for its merits. Graham did a great job identifying the other
benefits of the program, but the general populous is oblivious and need
to be brought up to speed.

Keith Cronin
President
Island Energy Solutions Inc
318A Kuulei Rd
Kailua, HI 96734
808-262-3268 Tel
808-263-0338 Fax
www.islandenergy.net
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Freitas --- OutBack Power
[mailto:cfreitas at outbackpower.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 5:15 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: RE: puzzling performance [RE-wrenches]

Bill Brooks wrote:
> It looks like someone is actively trying to discredit the LADWP
program. 
> 

Look at who they quote in the article: Henry Martinez, DWP assistant 
general manager for power generation at LADWP.

I wonder how much power they expected to get from these systems in the 
first place? I like how they give statistics (just 29 percent from one 
and 37 percent from the other) without giving any real numbers - such as

how much power the systems actually produced or even just what they even

expected.  

Also, are they talking watts or watt-hours (note he says "capacity" not 
production - in another article on the LADWP convention center system 
they made the following statements:  

"The 250-kilowatt solar installation parking facility project, part of 
the Los Angeles Convention Center 400-kW system, is scheduled for 
completion at the end of summer. The Convention Center project's 5,200 
solar modules, including the 3,300 modules on the parking structure 
roof, will produce the amount of energy powering 200 homes a day during 
peak times." (this works out to about 2000 watts per house - based on 
the 400 kW system rating)

So - I agree with Bill - It sure looks like someone is using made up 
numbers to discredit the LADWP solar program.

Christopher Freitas
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas @ outbackpower.com  
www.outbackpower.com
Arlington WA USA
Tel 360 435 6030  

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