In the past, I have needed 6 acre/MW for poly arrays Nick Soleil Project Manager Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC PO Box 657 Petaluma, CA 94953 Cell: 707-321-2937 Office: 707-789-9537 Fax: 707-769-9037
________________________________ From: Scott McCalmont <[email protected]> To: RE-wrenches <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, March 2, 2010 8:36:26 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 <[email protected]> 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 ™ > >_______________________________________________ >>List sponsored by Home Power magazine > >>List Address: [email protected] > >>Options & settings: >http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > >>List-Archive: >>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > >>List rules & etiquette: >www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > >>Check out participant bios: >www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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