Friends: This guying is hoping solar will fail. People like this will never be convinced so I don't try
William Miller Solar > On Mar 27, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Allan Sindelar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Wrenches, > Here's one of the oddest questions I have come across in years: > PRC Commisioner Lyons issued a challenge to NM solar companies today. He > stated that he cannot get his electric coop to bring three phase into his > property to run his irrigation (a 150 hp motor). He said that whenever he > mentions this to a solar outfit - running a 150 hp motor on pv - they look > back at him like a deer in the headlights. Can you meet his challenge? > This application is way above my pay grade, and normally I would not give > this question much pause, as few ranchers would be seriously willing to put > up the money for the design and research time to work up and price a > solution, especially given that as far as I know, none even exists. No rural > water pumping PV designer that I know works with motor loads of such scale. > Indeed, it makes my head spin to think of it. > > I checked an older (2003) Franklin motor application guide and found specs > for a 150 HP 3 phase motor: 128 kilowatts at 380-575 VAC at 60 Hz. > > The only reason I am writing is this: The rancher is one of our state's five > Public Regulatory Commissioners. These are the folks who regulate our three > private utilities and 20 +/- rural co-ops, and he is perhaps the most > conservative one of the five. Last fall he initiated an ill-conceived > regulation to cut in half our state's RPS and pushed it through to passage on > the PRC; about two months later the ruling was rescinded due to a huge public > outcry. So if it were even possible to address his particular request, the > potential consequences could have far-reaching effects politically. > > Has anyone attempted or accomplished anything even close to this? Is there > existing equipment that could handle such an application? Could such an > application be justified economically? Or can anyone offer a reasoned answer > why it's not possible? > > Thank you, > Allan > -- > Allan Sindelar > [email protected] > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional > NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional > New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician > Founder, Positive Energy, Inc. > A Certified B CorporationTM > 3209 Richards Lane > Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 > 505 424-1112 office 780-2738 cell > www.positiveenergysolar.com > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & 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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