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May 30, 2008 – Vol.13 No.10 SPG Solar, Thompson Technology Industries (TTI) Build Floating Solar Array at Far Niente Winery in California. The array saves valuable vineyard acreage from being sacrificed for land-mounted arrays. The Floatovoltaic (tm) array with 1,000 solar panels from Sharp Solar rests on pontoons that float on the winery’s vineyard irrigation pond. Combined with a section of about 1,300 panels located on land adjacent to the pond, the array will generate 400 kilowatts at peak output, enough to offset the winery’s annual power usage and provide a net-zero energy bill. The Floatovoltaic installation was designed and installed by SPG Solar with technology developed TTI. The Far Niente array is located in the 100-acre Martin Stelling Vineyard, which is the cornerstone of the winery’s Cabernet Sauvignon program and is located directly behind the winery. About one acre of vineyard was removed to accommodate the land-mounted portion of the system, but the floating array’s positioning on the pond saved another three-quarters of an acre of valuable Cabernet vines that would have been ripped out for a total land-mounted system. This is equivalent to about $150,000 dollars’ worth of bottled Far Niente Cabernet annually.
SPG Solar, of Novato, California, is a developer, designer, and installer of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for homes, schools, businesses, agriculture, and large-scale commercial and government facilities. Thompson Technology Industries, also of Novato and sister company of SPG Solar. designs and manufacture of innovative solar photovoltaic (PV) products. Sharp is a world market leader in solar cell production, and offers both standard and integrated roof modules for home and business applications. (5/30/08)
Links: SPG Solar Thompson Technology Industries (TTI) Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group
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