| Commercial Photovoltaic Successes |
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Georgia Skin and Cancer Clinic - Savannah, GA - 2006 |
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12.6 kW SunPower array, grid-connected |
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Electricity generated is sold back to Savannah Electric for 15¢/kWh |
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Tilt: 25º |
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Installer: One World Sustainable Energy Corporation |
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Courtesy BP Connect
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| BP Gas Stations – Across
the US, including Cumming and Atlanta, GA |
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solar electricity reduces the peak charges
normally incurred during hot summer afternoons |
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PV panels are grid tied, and support light
and refrigeration loads |
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average solar station boasts an array of 220
roof-mounted solar panels |
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these PV arrays can supply as much as 40% of
the daytime energy needs |
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U.S. Department of Energy High
Performance Building Initiative
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| Cambria
Office Building – Ebensburg, PA |
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14 kW PV array on the south-facing roof, plus
2 pole-mounted, sun-tracking PV arrays |
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excess solar electricity that is generated
during peak sunlight hours, is sold back to a
local power company, Green Mountain Energy, at
a premium price. This helps offset system costs |
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Cambria
Office Building factsheet |
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US Department of Energy
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| The BigHorn
Home Improvement Center –
Silverthorne, CO |
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9 kW integrated PV system will provide 25 percent
of electrical needs of this energy efficient
building |
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thin-film PV is discreetly laminated onto the
metal roof panels on south-facing roofs of the
building |
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electricity produced over the amount used by
the building is sold back to the utility at the
same rate the utility sells electricity |
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BigHorn
Home Improvement Center factsheet |
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| 4 Times
Square – New York City, NY the “Green
Giant” |
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Photovoltaic system supplies peak power of
15kW in addition to 200kW provided by hydrogen
fuel cells |
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PV panels are highly integrated into the building
façade |
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Times Square factsheet |
US Department of Energy High Performance
Building initiative
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| Sevananda Natural
Foods Co-op– Little Five Points, Atlanta,
GA |
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2.9 kW photovoltaic system |
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Installed September 2002 |
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cost of installation was mitigated by 43 participants
willing to pay $5 a month for the year as part
of a “Community Green Power Program” |
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