PV's on tower [RE-wrenches]

[Kelly Keilwitz]

Kurt & Wrenches,
Thanks. The PV Watts calculator confirms my efficiency assumptions for the
steep angle.

Has anyone used the Sanyo modules, or have comments about 'em?

-Kelly


>
>" 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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