Airport Solar | Green Energy News

February 24, 2002 – Vol.6 No.48

AIRPORT SOLAR.

With big hanger, terminal and support facility roofs, and little problem with shade trees, airports can make good places to put solar arrays.

A grid-connected 20-kilowatt array has been installed at the San Francisco International Airport to supply a portion of the power needs for a support building. The building’s integrated array uses UNI-SOLAR PV laminates that were bonded to metal roofing pans and installed in modular units. The flexible PV laminates are a product of Bekaert ECD Solar Systems, a sometimes confusing partnership with United Solar and Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) Visit them at http://ovonic.com/uni-solar/ .