PV's on tower [RE-wrenches]

[sunwise]

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From: Kelly Keilwitz [

I'm designing an interesting off-grid system where the PV array will be
mounted on the same free-standing lattice tower (160-ft) used for the
wind turbine.

I would be more than a little worried about wind loads on the tower.
Regarding the angle of incidence, check out
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/codes_algs/PVWATTS/

Just enter in a city near your site and type in the degrees from
horizontal for a fixed array and you get monthly production numbers.
Not going to look very good with near vertical array.

Kurt Nelson

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