Sentences with phrase «photovoltaic arrays»

Germany built its solar program with a pricing mechanism called feed - in tariffs, in which money collected from ratepayers is used to buy surplus power from owners of rooftop photovoltaic arrays at a guaranteed price per kilowatt - hour.

Two units are outfitted with 800 watt photovoltaic arrays; the other two are pre-wired for solar.

Large photovoltaic arrays are sprouting up around the globe.

Since the 1970s, many green technology promoters installed expensive solar photovoltaic arrays or geothermal heat pumps on existing buildings as a way of demonstrating their products.

Solar radiation is collected using photovoltaic arrays and the wind energy is collected using wind turbines.

The College has solar photovoltaic arrays at Richard C. Seaver Biology Building, Lincoln - Edmunds Buildings, Pomona Hall, Sontag Hall, South Campus Athletic Facility / Parking structure, and Grounds Facility.

A building constructed to Passive House standards can be a Net Zero Energy Emissions building by adding photovoltaic arrays or a wind turbine.

Building enough photovoltaic arrays to power Los Angeles would mean blanketing thousands of square miles of desert habitat.

Other sustainable techs installed in the homes constructed by BaleHaus include rooftop mounted photovoltaic arrays, rainwater harvesting systems, and air - source heat pumps.

The buildings recycle as much as possible and use efficient lighting, renewable energy (typically gleaned from solar photovoltaic arrays), reusable and low - flow water systems, and nontoxic cleaning products.

Not only would major new wind farms and photovoltaic arrays have to be constructed there, but the entire electric grid would have to be upgraded and reconfigured to bring that electricity to the population centers where it is needed.

Centex Homes reports that photovoltaic arrays and a full complement of energy - efficiency upgrades will increase the price of a luxury house by about $ 30,000.

In the past, people seeking non-polluting independence from the grid — or simply living too far away to connect to it — have generally relied on costly and potentially hazardous electrical systems that use clusters of batteries to store energy generated by windmills or photovoltaic arrays.

The state hosts vast photovoltaic arrays in the desert as well as the nation's first commercial power plant with the technology to use sunshine at night — by storing daytime heat in molten salts.

At all of our sanctuaries with nature centers, we generate electricity by using photovoltaic arrays, which harness energy from the sun.

Take PowerLight Corp., a $ 10 - million company in Berkeley, Calif., that designs and manufactures photovoltaic arrays — solar - electric panels — and installs them on commercial and industrial rooftops.

Photovoltaic array and hydroelectric turbines that provide renewable and low - carbon energy, which results in a 38 percent savings.

At its February 17 meeting, the Woodstock Town Board announced its intent to award a bid to OnForce Solar to build a 603 kilowatt photovoltaic array at the wastewater treatment plant on Route 212, east of the main hamlet.

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ACC, another energy award recipient, installed a 14.5 - megawatt solar photovoltaic array at Davis Monthan Air Force Base using a power purchasing agreement, where a power company installed the array and the base agreed to purchase power from it at a similar or lower fixed price.

Standing on the north roof of the James Forrestal building in Washington, D.C., Brian Costlow gestures to the black solar photovoltaic array lying flat against the cement tiles.

The Long Island Solar Farm located at Brookhaven National Lab is the largest photovoltaic array in the eastern U.S., and among the largest in the nation constructed on federal property.

A photovoltaic array, custom built in NRL's Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section, is integrated into the center wing panel of the PV - SBXC aircraft as a drop - in replacement to the original wing.

The facility uses a 550 - megawatt photovoltaic array that produces clean electricity for Californian utility customers.

With an installed power of 194 kilowatts, the photovoltaic array can supply 62 four - person households with electricity.

Exposed architectural concrete panels, Spanish cedar wood siding, a wood - framed window curtain wall and storefront system, metal panels, and an expansive photovoltaic array give this building its signature identity.

Concentrating photovoltaic array located at the NSTTF, hardware provided and operated by SunPower Corporation.

The new school will generate 10 per cent of its energy requirements using a biomass wood pellet burning boiler to provide heating, and a photovoltaic array to generate additional electricity to the grid.

This was by far the largest photovoltaic array in the world, with 100,000 1» x 4 ′ photovoltaic arrays producing 5.2 megawatts at its peak.

Owners who, in addition to reducing the cost of their space and water heating needs, wish to also produce electricity, but whose homes are unsuitable for a photovoltaic array or small wind turbine.

A solar electric photovoltaic array harnesses renewable energy and stores it in an on - site battery.

The team outfitted the roof with a 3,200 - square - foot photovoltaic array, as well as a solar hot water system.

Whether installing a complete solar battery storage system or adding energy storage to an existing photovoltaic array, one of the first questions to come up is «How much capacity is required?».

To achieve this, architects and builders had to satisfy a wide range of criteria, from water - efficient landscaping choices and plumbing fixtures to a photovoltaic array installed on the roof to locally - and regionally - sourced building materials.

The buildings perform 38.9 % better than Title - 24 energy efficiency requirements, not including the energy generated by the buildings» solar photovoltaic array

House of Energy achieves this via a huge 250 square metre solar photovoltaic array on its roof.

Perhaps a step further than most Passive Houses, this Wisconsin home will be a net positive producer of energy due in part to a 4.7 kW photovoltaic array.

The solar electric system that connects to the grid is a 6 kW photovoltaic array.

Meanwhile a Zehnder 350 ComfoAir unit processes heat recovery ventilation, and a small solar photovoltaic array too is due to fitted imminently as Passive House Plus goes to press.

Electricity: Ten panel (16.2 m2) solar photovoltaic array — eight at 30 °, two on the flat later added to achieve A1 BER target — with average annual output of 2104 kWh / a

Certified LEED for Homes Platinum, the project incorporates a geo - exchange heat pump, under - floor radiant heating, triple glazing, LED lighting, exterior blinds to control heat gain, rainwater recovery providing potable water, and a 10 KW photovoltaic array.

Its traditional gable, or peaked roof, is a familiar form that holds a 7.2 - kW photovoltaic array.

Solar features Next to the entry deck is a solar photovoltaic array, with a reflector below it.

In a phone conversation with Paul Scott, co-founder of Plug - In America, he explained that he has a 3kW photovoltaic array installed at his home that provides power to both his daily life and to charge up his Toyota RAV4 EV.

When the classic style of a»73 VW bus is combined with an electric vehicle conversion and an onboard photovoltaic array, you get an eye - catching family - sized clean transport solution.

Recurrent's projects have included a 5 megawatt photovoltaic array mounted atop San Francisco's Sunset Reservoir, Harris says.

an optimally sized photovoltaic array, harvesting enough energy from the sun to power WaterShed year - round

In 2015, a peer - reviewed study found that high - performance homes (HPHs, or homes marketed with green features such as a LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council of a solar photovoltaic array) sell for a premium in Washington, D.C., compared to similar homes without energy - saving features.

Unveiling High - Performance Home Premiums in Washington, D.C.,» finds that high - performance homes marketed with green features (such as a solar photovoltaic array or LEED certification) sell for a mean premium of 3.46 percent compared to homes without green features.

Not exact matches

Using heat from an external solar array, Licht, who's based at George Washington University, can raise the temperature so high that only a minute electrical current, supplied by solar photovoltaic cells, is needed to split the compounds.