Baton Rouge Solar Installations

Thomas · February 2012

Hi, the city I live in just put in a whole lot of solar panels on all of the billboards, why are they all pointing at 200'w and not directly south?:p

niel · February 2012

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why don't you try asking them? curious as to why you think your city is sponsoring those billboards as i thought that was part of advertising by private businesses?

Thomas · February 2012

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I thought they were privately owned too untill a conversation with someone brought question to that, the conversation brought up issues like the zoning, next to highways and public spaces and land ownnership, and rights, I think now that maybee the state/city has rights to the signs. I wonder if the elliviation of the lighting bill increses the rental space rent, and for who?

niel · February 2012

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now you have a job to do don't you. shall we call you sherlock from now on?:p

Thomas · February 2012

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I do not even know where to begin at the top.....

KeithWHare · March 2012

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Looks like a private project:

http://siliconbayounews.com/2011/12/09/lamar-advertising-begins-use-of-renogy-solar-panels-in-louisiana-solar-project/

There's a statement in the center paragraph I don't understand, "our products’ high PTC rating ". What is a "PTC rating"?

Vic · March 2012

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Hi Keith,

Think that the PTC is an older term .. Have heard it referred to as "Pacific Test Conditions".

Googled it and found; "PTC is an acronym for "PV USA Test Conditions" which were developed at the PV USA test site at the University of Davis, California. The PTC rating represents a more real life condition of 1,000 watts per square meter solar irradiance, 1.5 Air Mass, and 20 degrees C. ambient temperature at 10 meters above ground level and wind speed of 1 meter per second.

Guess that "NOCT" has become the more common derating for typical conditions. Vic

Thomas · March 2012

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niel-I drilled with the USNR in Sacramento while going to schoolin Chico, Butte County JC....I noticed a few more billboards and the constant does not seem to be directly the sun, I am just guessing but I think It is a site by site optimum with an applied program like you mentioned. Do they correct them to the sun or the program standards? They seem to be in determining phase of application, most are not connected yet.

Thomas · March 2012

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UC DAVIS is a Very Quality Engineering school, word of mouth had it.

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