[RE-wrenches] Floatovoltaics

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

Hi Corey, 

Yep I have seen them up in Napa on a small lake. It seems
very risky in the Caribbean. The only thing I want on a roof is gutters for
rainwater. You can tell I am biased. Maybe someone else has better info. 


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On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:15:42 -0500, Corey Shalanski 
wrote:   Hi Dave,   I was actually referring to a growing trend in the PV
industry (particularly in Asia) to attach PV arrays - and also inverters in
some cases - to floating pontoons and then install them on bodies of water.
The systems are often referred to as floating PV (FPV) or "floatovoltaics".
Here's an NREL link which provides further information about the concept:
https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2018/nrel-details-great-potential-for-floating-pv-systems.html
[3]   -- Corey Shalanski Jah Light Solar Portland, Jamaica     On Sun, 14
Jun 2020 07:30:14 -0700, Dave Angelini wrote: 
I know both Schneider mppt's
can be negative, positive, or ungrounded.
Others must do this also. Is that
what you are asking?

They work as
expected as far as I have seen. 


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