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That's great, but can it charge my cell
phone while I'm waiting for the bus?
The Greater
Corona Valley Chamber of Commerce is
located in the Los Angeles area and one
thing you'll find a lot of there are a lot
of bus shelters.
Now these fixtures in our nation's cities
can provide clean energy directly back to
the local utility, thus helping to minimize
the need for mid-day power when dirty "peaker"
plants are often called upon to deliver
electricity.
Corona Chamber member
Solade Concepts specializes in grid-tied
solar electric system and solar structure
design, engineering, fabrication and
installation, offering the latest
technology, and state of the art equipment
for all commercial and residential
customers.
Solade offers a variety of grid
tied solar solutions including; carports,
patio covers, bus shelters, smoking
shelters, covered bicycle racks, covered
walk ways, canopies, commercial mounting
stations, EV charging stations, comfort
stations to our unique and one of a
kind Solar Palapas and Solar Cabanas and
Solar Umbrellas.
Combining two technologies that can help us
to address global warming, air pollution,
and water pollution, the City of Corona
recently took an innovative step forward
by dedicating the installation of solar
panels on a bus shelter provided by Solade
Concepts.
The solar structure consists of products and
solutions proposed by
Go Green Solar, based in Los Angeles,
CA, which include six SANYO HIT-210NKHA6
210-watt HIT PowerŪ solar panels with six
Enphase Energy M210-84-240-S12 micro
inverters and a LED lighting solution in an
on-grid solar system.
There are other solar-powered bus stations
out there, but what is really unique about
this one is that it is on-grid not off-grid.
In other words, this bus station is acting
as a mini (yes, very mini) power station.
With bus stops every 650 to 950 feet in many
cities, however, this can add up to a decent
amount of power.
"The solar panels on top of Corona's bus
shelter are grid-connected which means the
energy is contributed to the grid when the
power is needed the most, during peak
hours." said Andrew Ferrick, Solade Concepts
President.
"The meter will spin backwards during
daylight hours, offsetting the City of
Corona's electric bill for its traffic
signals and streetlights."
"The grid-tie solar bus shelter is a perfect
example of micro-generation. The solar
technology available today combined with
structures which exist in our environment
have the potential to be mini distributed
solar power plants with the combined
potential to contribute megawatts of power
back to our grid." said Deep Patel, Founder
& CEO of
GoGreenSolar.com, a supplier of green
energy products.
Patel was the one responsible for choosing
the solar equipment that was used in the
Corona Solar Bus Shelter. In order to get
the most output out of such a limited amount
of space, he chose
SANYO HIT PowerŪ solar panels, which
reportedly generate the most watts per
installed square foot of anything on the
market, and GoGreenSolar's very own
Enphase Energy Micro Inverters.The solar
bus shelter in Corona is expected to
generate 1,748 kilowatt-hours annually.
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