ground mount groundcover... [RE-wrenches]

[Ken Schaal]

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Two suggestions if you use woodchips;

1--Put a thick layer of newspaper down first.
2-- Use chips like cedar, walnut, locust or cypress ,or pine tags, that will 
not decompose quickly.

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Fain" <sfain at unirac.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: ground mount groundcover... [RE-wrenches]


>
> Hi Jim,
> We at UniRac have neither seen nor spec'ed any kind of ground cover
> under a ground mounted array, but it sounds like a great idea to keep the
> weeds from growing up and shading the modules.  I can't think of another
> reason it might be used for, unless they've got those Sanyo bi-facial
> modules and the ground cover is reflecting light up to the module bottoms,
> but I really doubt that.   For my money (and that ground cloth stuff isn't
> cheap) I'd go with your idea of using wood chips.  Thank you very mulch.
>
> Steve Fain
> Customer/Tech Support
> UniRac, Inc.
> 1411 Broadway Blvd. NE
> Albuquerque, NM  87102
> (505) 242-6411 ext. 111
> (505) 242-6412 fax
> E-mail:  sfain at unirac.com
> Website:  www.unirac.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Duncan [mailto:ntrei at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:03 AM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: ground mount groundcover... [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> I have been looking at photos of ground mount PV mounting structures for
> details that vary from the generic UniRac or PowerFab structures. I
> personally prefer a ground mount to a roof mount system if the real
> estate is available.
> Anyway, I am seeing a lot of photos ground installs with what looks like
> a fabric ground cover slightly larger than the size of the arrays
> footprint. Is this to deter vegetation, prevent erosion or some other
> environmental consideration?
> An abundance of free chipped wood makes that media my groundcover of
> choice. It's ability to retain moisture and lower ground temperature is
> a plus during the really hot season here.
> thanks
> Jim Duncan
> North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
> Fort Worth, Texas
>
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