[RE-wrenches] acre/MW
Michael Gullo
mgullo3 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 3 17:40:11 PST 2010
Thanks Scott and Kirpal for your responses as they were very helpful.
Mike
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From: Scott McCalmont
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] acre/MW
It will depend on the technology of the modules, too--whether you're using monocrystalline, poly, or thin-film. I recently spec'ed a thin-film design which worked out to 150 kW per acre. With more efficient modules you could be 50% better, so your 5 acre/MW number is reasonable.
It also will depend on where you are building the plant. At higher latitudes, you might want the array to have a greater tilt, which probably means you will space the rows out more to minimize inter-row shading.
Scott
Scott McCalmont, P.E.
McCalmont Engineering
San Jose, CA
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Michael Gullo <mgullo3 at comcast.net> wrote:
Esteemed wrenches:
We are bidding on an industrial sized project. What is the approximate land usage of a ground array in acre/MW. I have estimated around 5 acre/MW but I'm really not sure if I am way high or low. Thanks.
Mike
Michael Gullo
Solar Solutions LLC
Marlton, NJ
NABCEP Certified PV Installer ™
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