[RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

[Geoff Greenfield]

home power had some pics in an article I think. 

Definatly recall swing a conventional cannopy and the "store" flat roof of a gas station retrofitted. A ppa project developer at last years sp trade show had pics in his booth. Sorry I don't recall his name. 

Bp did 30 really nice cannopy arrays with thin film that was glazed into nice curved roof steel structure. Partially translucent, really cool. 

No signage, employees at the register had no idea it was pv. Used suntie... Probably dead. 

Oh well. 

For a brighter energy future,

Geoff Greenfield
President
Third Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd.
340 West State Street, Unit 25
Athens, OH 45701

740.597.3111     Fax 740.597.1548
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----- Kirpal Khalsa <solarworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Phil-
> Vince McClelan  of Energy Design Co in Eugene OR installed a canopy over a
> fueling station in Eugene.....It was a  roughly 30kW project and looks
> beautiful.......you may contact those folks for more info.  Sequential
> Biofuels is the name of the gas station....They sell biodiesel, ethonal and
> all regular types of fuels as well.....
> Cheers,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> Renewable Energy Systems
> 
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Phil Schneider <phil at cesolar.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wrenches,
> >
> > Anyone out there have experience installing PV on a fuel station canopy?
> > I'm interested to know what special considerations there are for managing
> > the DC electricity and potentially flammable location.  Thanks...
> >
> > P.
> >
> > Phil Schneider
> > Creative Energies
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> Sunny Regards,
> Kirpal Khalsa
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer
> Renewable Energy Systems