[RE-wrenches] Floatovoltaics

[Jim Duncan]

At Ciel & Terre, we have been proudly *developing large-scale floating 
PV plants* for commercial, government and non-profit institutions 
worldwide *since 2011*.
https://www.ciel-et-terre.net/
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On 6/15/2020 3:04 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>   
> *Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" 
> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail offgridsolar at sti.net 
> <mailto:offgridsolar at sti.net> text 209 813 0060*
>
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:15:42 -0500, Corey Shalanski 
> <coresolar at gmail.com> 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
>> --
>> 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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Jim Duncan
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