Green Manufacturing
The manufacture of any "green" product should be part of the accounting of its environmental impact. Many of the metals and elements used in a solar array are not produced using "clean" methods - for...
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Electrical Setup
The 264 solar panels are wired up in series, 22 panels per row, the top of one cell to the bottom of the next, so that their 16 volt potential is additive in each of these twelve current “stringsâ€....
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Efficiency, Heat Loss
Solar Panels - side view: Goodwin Hall solar panels viewed from the side.The temperature on the array varies greatly from the ambient air temperature. The panels are only about 10 percent efficient,...
View ArticleSolar Buildings Research Network
The solar buildings research network is a Canadian organization funded by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. From their website: The vision of the Solar Buildings Research...
View ArticleSWITCH: Kingston's Energy Collective
SWITCH is a local Kingston organization dedicated to encouraging the growth of distributed generation and alternative energy. SWITCH had a key role in the Holiday Inn's new solar hot water heating...
View ArticleQueen's Solar Lab
The Queen's Solar Calorimetry Lab has been researching alternative energy for over 15 years under Dr. Steve Harrison.
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