Here in New Jersey, the state is installing some 250,000 solar panels
across the state. These are small, 2x3 foot, 200 watt panels, each
stands alone and they are installed on power/telephone poles all over
the place.
The panels are installed on the 220/110 volt ("low" voltage) AC side
of the distribution network. Each panel has its own inverter, a
"smart" inverter that only injects power into the line if there is
*already* power there, and syncs to the existing power's cycle. Each
panel also has a self-powered connection to the wireless network that
is used to monitor the panels.
The panels can be wired together, but they work such that
non-generating panels do not harm the efficiency of generating panels
(unlike some current roof-top photo-voltaic arrays). I could use a
rack of these on my roof.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124900300175395743.html
~~James
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Robert J. Cordingley
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I think you may have meant getting power *off* the roadway system (for
> anyone to use). The additional intelligence in load cells, etc. and LED
> displays seemed incidental but perhaps worth including if you are going to
> put all those electronics in to manage the solar power generation anyway. I
> didn't see anything about vehicles capturing power from the road in the
> video btw.
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