People and animals have walked into PV ground mounts (and wind tower guy wires) in the dark. Livestock and wild animals have used arrays and other ground mounted equipment for scratching posts. Children and others have climbed on arrays and ground mounted equipment (attractive nuisance). Fences are used to keep animals away from arrays and equipment and limit human liability issues. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Buckner To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] Wildlife issues with ground mounts
I'm curious to hear any horror stories (or simple nuisances) relating to open field ground mounted arrays involving wildlife. Either wildlife or array being damaged by the other. The only hassles we've had have been the occasional squirrel under flush mounted rooftop arrays. We've had a few ground mounted arrays up and running for over 5 years and I've never seen any issues. We are now getting ready to install another ground mount (NJ location), and the customer has asked the question. Regards, David -- David Buckner President Solar Energy Systems, LLC. 1205 Manhattan Avenue Suite 1210 Brooklyn, NY 11222-1058 ph 718-389-1545 (ext 11) fx 718-389-2820 e [email protected]
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