The BatteryMINDer Solar Charging System is an ideal choice for 12 Volt battery operations. This complete system is specifically designed for charging and maintaining up to four 12V batteries of any size/type/brand. Extends performance and life of 12V lead-acid, maintenance-free, marine deep cycle and sealed AGM batteries. Fully automatic desulfator dissolves life-shortening sulfate using safe low voltage high frequency pulses. Charges: Yes, Maintains: Yes, Desulfates: Yes, Conditioner: Yes, Works With: 12V lead-acid batteries, Amps: 1.25, Trickle Charge Amps: Regulated up to 1.25A, Charges Multiple Batteries (qty.): 4, Overcharge Protection: Yes, Polarity Reversal Protection: Yes, Power Source: Solar panel, Power Cord (ft.): 20in. from panel to controller Built-in automatic desulfator Not for use with aircraft batteries
PowerG Grid-Tie Solar System offers this grid-tie solar system that is designed for residential and commercial applications. The kit provides an investment-grade array of solar panels, inverters, racking and technical support to capture the power of the sun for your home or business. High-performance 240 Watt, 72 cell monocrystalline solar panels (64.6in.L x 39.1in.W x 1.8in.H) collect power and heavy-duty, 60Hz based inverter converts solar energy to grid-tie compliant AC power. Call 888-955-3469 for a free online site evaluation and quote. Common Usage: Grid-Tie System, Panel Type: Monocrystalline, Solar Panel Wattage: 240 Per panel, Rated Watts (kW): 2.18, Dimensions L x W (in.): 64 5/8 x 39 1/8, Thickness (in.): 1 13/16, Material Type: 72 Cell monocrystalline, Solar Panels Included (qty.): 9, Battery Qty.: 0, Mounting Hardware Included: Yes Reduce or even eliminate electrical bills; in some cases system can spin meter backwards and sell excess electricity back to the utility
PowerG Grid-Tie Solar System offers this grid-tie solar system that is designed for residential and commercial applications. The kit provides an investment-grade array of solar panels, inverters, racking and technical support to capture the power of the sun for your home or business. High-performance 240 Watt, 72 cell monocrystalline solar panels (64.6in.L x 39.1in.W x 1.8in.H) collect power and heavy-duty, 60Hz based inverter converts solar energy to grid-tie compliant AC power. Call 888-955-3469 for free online evaluation and quote. Common Usage: Grid-Tie System, Panel Type: Monocrystalline, Solar Panel Wattage: 240 Per panel, Rated Watts (kW): 2.88, Dimensions L x W (in.): 64 5/8 x 39 1/8, Thickness (in.): 1 13/16, Material Type: 72 Cell monocrystalline, Solar Panels Included (qty.): 12, Battery Qty.: 0, Mounting Hardware Included: Yes Reduce or even eliminate electrical bills; in some cases system can spin meter backwards and sell excess electricity back to the utility
PowerG Grid-Tie Solar System offers this grid-tie solar system that is designed for residential and commercial applications. The kit provides an investment-grade array of solar panels, inverters, racking and technical support to capture the power of the sun for your home or business. High-performance 240 Watt, 72 cell monocrystalline solar panels (64.6in.L x 39.1in.W x 1.8in.H) collect power and heavy-duty, 60Hz based inverter converts solar energy to grid-tie compliant AC power. Call 888-955-3469 for free online evaluation and quote. Common Usage: Grid-Tie System, Panel Type: Monocrystalline, Solar Panel Wattage: 240 Per panel, Rated Watts (kW): 5.76, Dimensions L x W (in.): 64 5/8 x 39 1/8, Thickness (in.): 1 13/16, Material Type: 72 Cell monocrystalline, Solar Panels Included (qty.): 24, Battery Qty.: 0, Mounting Hardware Included: Yes Reduce or even eliminate electrical bills; in some cases system can spin meter backwards and sell excess electricity back to the utility
PowerG Grid-Tie Solar System offers this grid-tie solar system that is designed for residential and commercial applications. The kit provides an investment-grade array of solar panels, inverters, racking and technical support to capture the power of the sun for your home or business. High-performance 240 Watt, 72 cell monocrystalline solar panels (64.6in.L x 39.1in.W x 1.8in.H) collect power and heavy-duty, 60Hz based inverter converts solar energy to grid-tie compliant AC power. Call 888-955-3469 for free online evaluation and quote. Common Usage: Grid-Tie System, Panel Type: Monocrystalline, Solar Panel Wattage: 240 Per panel, Rated Watts (kW): 7.92, Dimensions L x W (in.): 64 5/8 x 39 1/8, Thickness (in.): 1 13/16, Material Type: 72 Cell monocrystalline, Solar Panels Included (qty.): 33, Battery Qty.: 0, Mounting Hardware Included: Yes Reduce or even eliminate electrical bills; in some cases system can spin meter backwards and sell excess electricity back to the utility
Optimizes all solar panels charge rates. Prevents over/under charging. Full time desulphation pulses safely extends life and performance of all batteries. Features exclusive U.S. Patented PulseMode desulphation circuitry, designed to safely remove sulphation. Charges: Yes, Maintains: Yes, Desulfates: Yes, Conditioner: Yes, Works With: All batteries / 12V lead-acid, Amps: .45, Trickle Charge Amps: Regulated up to 0.45 as needed, Charges Multiple Batteries (qty.): 1, Overcharge Protection: Yes, Polarity Reversal Protection: Yes, Power Source: Solar panel, Power Cord (ft.): 20 Not for use with aircraft batteries
Additional solar power for waste water. This news from Colorado.
GarCo officials light up to solar
By MIKE McKIBBIN
The Daily Sentinel
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Officials with Garfield County and some of its municipalities continue to look at solar power as an energy source of the near future.
The Rifle City Council this past week gave the go-ahead to increase the size of a solar power plant for the city’s new wastewater treatment plant from 578 kilowatts to 1.72 megawatts. It is scheduled to be in production in the summer.
Mayor Pro Tem Alan Lambert said the “significant increase” in the unit’s output will result in a “fairly good sized” solar plant.
“We’re trying to go green as much as we can,” Lambert said. “The sale of excess power to Xcel Energy will help them meet their renewable energy requirement, too.”
Carbondale Town Trustees recently approved a solar power purchase agreement for a 50-kilowatt system to provide approximately 60 percent of the electrical needs of the town’s recreation center, which is being built next to town hall. The system will begin supplying solar power in the spring, town officials say.
The town agreed to pay 7.25 cents per kilowatt hour, plus approximately $7,200 in property taxes assessed on the system over seven years. After eight years, the town can buy the privately owned system at a significantly reduced price, according to the agreement.
Town Energy Manager Lauren Martindale called the agreement a cutting-edge way to finance large solar projects.
The county Planning and Zoning Commission recently recommended that the county commissioners should change the county land-use code to allow solar power plants and establish standards for such facilities.
Land-use codes prohibit nondefined uses, and solar-power-generation facilities are not now defined. Such projects would require special-use permits under a recommendation that commissioners will consider Dec. 3.
The change was sought by backers of what is thought to be the largest solar-electric array on the Western Slope, which would be built on the campus of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School outside Carbondale. It would cover approximately one-half acre and produce 147 kilowatts of power for one of the main buildings on the school campus. Excess power would be sold to Xcel Energy. The Aspen Skiing Co. has pledged $1 million toward the system.
Colorado is one of the most progressive states in using renewable forms of energy. After I read this article from the North Denver News, I can understand why. It appears as though they have it figured out and that they are moving forward in the right direction. I hope that other states will follow in these footprints.
A Colorado Solution to the energy Crisis
Written by Andrew Romanoff
Friday, 07 December 2007
It’s common parlance these days to talk about red states and blue states, shorthand for the voting proclivities. It’s even been said that Colorado, with its recent history of voting for Republican presidents and Democrats for Governor and the Statehouse is a purple state.
But in many ways, the most important color in Colorado is not red or blue. It’s green. That’s the color of a cleaner environment. And that’s the color of our new energy economy.
Colorado’s investments in wind, solar, biomass, and other renewable resources have created thousands of jobs and returned millions of dollars in new revenue. By diversifying our energy portfolio, we are saving money, reducing the demand for water, cutting carbon emissions, promoting public health, and protecting our national security.
The people of Colorado are leading the way. In 2004, the citizens passed an initiative requiring 10 percent of our energy to come from renewable sources by 2015. We’re on track to meet that goal seven years ahead of schedule. This year, we doubled the renewable energy standard, requiring 20 percent by 2020.
We enacted nearly 20 other measures to spur the new energy economy in Colorado. We freed renewable-energy equipment from sales and use taxes. We accelerated the construction of power-transmission lines. And we made it easier to install wind turbines and solar panels at home and at work. We also took steps to encourage energy efficiency and conservation, promote better building practices, and jump-start research and development of biofuels and other carbon-cutting technologies at institutes of higher education.
Our efforts are paying off. Vestas, the world’s top manufacturer of wind-power systems, announced plans in March to build a turbine factory in northern Colorado. More than 400 jobs are on the way. SunEdison will complete a solar plant in the San Luis Valley next year. It will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 1,500 homes.
Next year will bring more progress. We’re exploring new technologies, such as concentrating solar. We’re expanding the use of net metering, so that homeowners and businesses can generate their own clean power. And we’re enhancing energy efficiency in transportation, construction, and nearly every other sector of our economy.
Governor Ritter has taken steps to focus public attention and recognition upon those powering renewable energy in Colorado.
In his inaugural 2007 State of the State Address on January 11, 2007, Governor Ritter announced the creation of the “Governor’s Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards.” The annual award honors those individuals, businesses, institutions and nonprofits that are advancing renewable energy in exemplary ways.
Each year, Gov. Ritter and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) will honor organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through the promotion, usage, implementation and technological development for renewable energy in Colorado.
Colorado is on track to lead the world in the research, development and use of renewable energy. America can too
You will see in this article that this plant is reported as currently the largest in the United States at 8.22 megawatts. It has been said that the Citizenre plant will be 500 megawatts.
SunEdison Opens Colorado Photovoltaic Solar Plant
Tuesday, December 18, 2007; Posted: 09:21 AM
Dec 18, 2007 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) — XEL | charts | news | PowerRating — December 18, 2007 (FinancialWire) SunEdison, a solar energy services provider, has activated its 8.22-megawatt Alamosa, Colorado, photovoltaic solar plant, ahead of its scheduled completion date. According to the company, it is the largest solar PV plant in the United States supporting substation loads for a major public utility.
The solar plant was financed and built and will be maintained by SunEdison, under a Solar Power Services Agreement. Under the SPSA, Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL | charts | news | PowerRating) will buy renewable energy credits and the solar power generated by the Alamosa plant for 20 years.
In March, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. signed into law legislation that requires utilities such as Xcel Energy to derive 20% of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020.
Bills aim to boost solar energy
Legislative package could fare well, advocates say
Gargi Chakrabarty
Friday, January 4, 2008
That’s the mantra of Democratic lawmakers as they prepare to introduce a slew of bills in the 2008 General Assembly to boost solar energy in Colorado.
Legislation is in the pipeline that would offer rebates to electric customers across the state who install solar systems in their homes, allow customers to sell their excess solar electricity back to the utility company at retail rates, and direct state regulators to consider bids for large-scale solar power plants although those projects may be more expensive than coal- or natural-gas-fired power plants.
“Colorado could have half a million solar roofs in the next decade,” said Pam Kiely, legislative program director for Environment Colorado, during a news conference Thursday at the State Capitol. “And the ‘Go Solar’ legislative package is a strong step on that path.”
Renewable-energy advocates say with the Democrats in control of the governor’s office as well as the state Senate and House, the solar package could fare well in this legislative session. Gov. Bill Ritter has said his administration’s new energy economy will focus on renewable resources including solar to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
“We at the Governor’s Energy Office look forward to seeing renewable energy being supported by the legislators,” said spokeswoman Megan Castle.
A bill that offers a $2-per-watt rebate for installation of a home solar system to customers of rural electric co-operatives and municipal utilities will be introduced early in the session.
Xcel Energy is the only utility in Colorado that offers a $2- per-watt rebate and an additional $2.50-per-watt credit to its solar customers through its Solar Rewards program. The utility, which has paid out $19.5 million to more than 1,000 customers since March 2006, recovers the money from its electric ratepayers.
Rep. Judy Solano, D-Thornton, will introduce a net-metering bill that would allow customers to sell some of their excess solar or wind power to the utilities or rural electric co-ops at retail electricity rates. A similar bill stalled in the Senate last year.
The InterMountain Rural Electric Association, which serves more than 130,000 customers, will fight those two bills. The association last year fought a bill that doubled Colorado’s renewable- energy targets.
Ritter later signed into law a bill that requires rural electric co-ops such as IREA to get at least 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as the sun, wind, and plant and animal waste by 2020. For larger utilities such as Xcel, the goal is 20 percent.
“Both those bills are inequitable, favoring one class of customers over another,” said IREA general manager Stan Lewandowski, referring to the solar rebate and net-metering bills. “Customers who can afford solar are affluent people who will get rebates and enjoy the benefit of selling extra power back. But it’s the senior citizens and low-income customers who will subsidize those rebates.”
Solano said critics like Lewandowski don’t realize fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas likely will be hit with carbon taxes in the future, making them more expensive sources of power.
“Solar may have a higher upfront cost, but in the long run it will become a cheaper source of power,” Solano said. “In areas like San Luis Valley which has so much sunshine, a solar industry would create jobs and also reduce pollutants responsible for global warming.”
On Wednesday, the Governor’s Energy Office released a map of renewable energy resources identifying 96 gigawatts of wind capacity in the plains, and 26 gigawatts of solar capacity in southern Colorado.
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Make sure to check out the January 2 entry with the Network for New Energy Choices report of the states with the best net metering. Colorado tied with New Jersey to rank number 1 on the list. And/or check out the October 25, 2007 entry for a complete definition of net metering and how it works.
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Additional solar power for waste water. This news from Colorado.
GarCo officials light up to solar
By MIKE McKIBBIN
The Daily Sentinel
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Officials with Garfield County and some of its municipalities continue to look at solar power as an energy source of the near future.
The Rifle City Council this past week gave the go-ahead to increase the size of a solar power plant for the city’s new wastewater treatment plant from 578 kilowatts to 1.72 megawatts. It is scheduled to be in production in the summer.
Mayor Pro Tem Alan Lambert said the “significant increase” in the unit’s output will result in a “fairly good sized” solar plant.
“We’re trying to go green as much as we can,” Lambert said. “The sale of excess power to Xcel Energy will help them meet their renewable energy requirement, too.”
Carbondale Town Trustees recently approved a solar power purchase agreement for a 50-kilowatt system to provide approximately 60 percent of the electrical needs of the town’s recreation center, which is being built next to town hall. The system will begin supplying solar power in the spring, town officials say.
The town agreed to pay 7.25 cents per kilowatt hour, plus approximately $7,200 in property taxes assessed on the system over seven years. After eight years, the town can buy the privately owned system at a significantly reduced price, according to the agreement.
Town Energy Manager Lauren Martindale called the agreement a cutting-edge way to finance large solar projects.
The county Planning and Zoning Commission recently recommended that the county commissioners should change the county land-use code to allow solar power plants and establish standards for such facilities.
Land-use codes prohibit nondefined uses, and solar-power-generation facilities are not now defined. Such projects would require special-use permits under a recommendation that commissioners will consider Dec. 3.
The change was sought by backers of what is thought to be the largest solar-electric array on the Western Slope, which would be built on the campus of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School outside Carbondale. It would cover approximately one-half acre and produce 147 kilowatts of power for one of the main buildings on the school campus. Excess power would be sold to Xcel Energy. The Aspen Skiing Co. has pledged $1 million toward the system.
Colorado is one of the most progressive states in using renewable forms of energy. After I read this article from the North Denver News, I can understand why. It appears as though they have it figured out and that they are moving forward in the right direction. I hope that other states will follow in these footprints.
A Colorado Solution to the energy Crisis
Written by Andrew Romanoff
Friday, 07 December 2007
It’s common parlance these days to talk about red states and blue states, shorthand for the voting proclivities. It’s even been said that Colorado, with its recent history of voting for Republican presidents and Democrats for Governor and the Statehouse is a purple state.
But in many ways, the most important color in Colorado is not red or blue. It’s green. That’s the color of a cleaner environment. And that’s the color of our new energy economy.
Colorado’s investments in wind, solar, biomass, and other renewable resources have created thousands of jobs and returned millions of dollars in new revenue. By diversifying our energy portfolio, we are saving money, reducing the demand for water, cutting carbon emissions, promoting public health, and protecting our national security.
The people of Colorado are leading the way. In 2004, the citizens passed an initiative requiring 10 percent of our energy to come from renewable sources by 2015. We’re on track to meet that goal seven years ahead of schedule. This year, we doubled the renewable energy standard, requiring 20 percent by 2020.
We enacted nearly 20 other measures to spur the new energy economy in Colorado. We freed renewable-energy equipment from sales and use taxes. We accelerated the construction of power-transmission lines. And we made it easier to install wind turbines and solar panels at home and at work. We also took steps to encourage energy efficiency and conservation, promote better building practices, and jump-start research and development of biofuels and other carbon-cutting technologies at institutes of higher education.
Our efforts are paying off. Vestas, the world’s top manufacturer of wind-power systems, announced plans in March to build a turbine factory in northern Colorado. More than 400 jobs are on the way. SunEdison will complete a solar plant in the San Luis Valley next year. It will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 1,500 homes.
Next year will bring more progress. We’re exploring new technologies, such as concentrating solar. We’re expanding the use of net metering, so that homeowners and businesses can generate their own clean power. And we’re enhancing energy efficiency in transportation, construction, and nearly every other sector of our economy.
Governor Ritter has taken steps to focus public attention and recognition upon those powering renewable energy in Colorado.
In his inaugural 2007 State of the State Address on January 11, 2007, Governor Ritter announced the creation of the “Governor’s Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards.” The annual award honors those individuals, businesses, institutions and nonprofits that are advancing renewable energy in exemplary ways.
Each year, Gov. Ritter and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) will honor organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through the promotion, usage, implementation and technological development for renewable energy in Colorado.
Colorado is on track to lead the world in the research, development and use of renewable energy. America can too
You will see in this article that this plant is reported as currently the largest in the United States at 8.22 megawatts. It has been said that the Citizenre plant will be 500 megawatts.
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SunEdison Opens Colorado Photovoltaic Solar Plant
Tuesday, December 18, 2007; Posted: 09:21 AM
Dec 18, 2007 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) — XEL | charts | news | PowerRating — December 18, 2007 (FinancialWire) SunEdison, a solar energy services provider, has activated its 8.22-megawatt Alamosa, Colorado, photovoltaic solar plant, ahead of its scheduled completion date. According to the company, it is the largest solar PV plant in the United States supporting substation loads for a major public utility.
The solar plant was financed and built and will be maintained by SunEdison, under a Solar Power Services Agreement. Under the SPSA, Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL | charts | news | PowerRating) will buy renewable energy credits and the solar power generated by the Alamosa plant for 20 years.
In March, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. signed into law legislation that requires utilities such as Xcel Energy to derive 20% of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020.
Bills aim to boost solar energy
Legislative package could fare well, advocates say
Gargi Chakrabarty
Friday, January 4, 2008
That’s the mantra of Democratic lawmakers as they prepare to introduce a slew of bills in the 2008 General Assembly to boost solar energy in Colorado.
Legislation is in the pipeline that would offer rebates to electric customers across the state who install solar systems in their homes, allow customers to sell their excess solar electricity back to the utility company at retail rates, and direct state regulators to consider bids for large-scale solar power plants although those projects may be more expensive than coal- or natural-gas-fired power plants.
“Colorado could have half a million solar roofs in the next decade,” said Pam Kiely, legislative program director for Environment Colorado, during a news conference Thursday at the State Capitol. “And the ‘Go Solar’ legislative package is a strong step on that path.”
Renewable-energy advocates say with the Democrats in control of the governor’s office as well as the state Senate and House, the solar package could fare well in this legislative session. Gov. Bill Ritter has said his administration’s new energy economy will focus on renewable resources including solar to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
“We at the Governor’s Energy Office look forward to seeing renewable energy being supported by the legislators,” said spokeswoman Megan Castle.
A bill that offers a $2-per-watt rebate for installation of a home solar system to customers of rural electric co-operatives and municipal utilities will be introduced early in the session.
Xcel Energy is the only utility in Colorado that offers a $2- per-watt rebate and an additional $2.50-per-watt credit to its solar customers through its Solar Rewards program. The utility, which has paid out $19.5 million to more than 1,000 customers since March 2006, recovers the money from its electric ratepayers.
Rep. Judy Solano, D-Thornton, will introduce a net-metering bill that would allow customers to sell some of their excess solar or wind power to the utilities or rural electric co-ops at retail electricity rates. A similar bill stalled in the Senate last year.
The InterMountain Rural Electric Association, which serves more than 130,000 customers, will fight those two bills. The association last year fought a bill that doubled Colorado’s renewable- energy targets.
Ritter later signed into law a bill that requires rural electric co-ops such as IREA to get at least 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as the sun, wind, and plant and animal waste by 2020. For larger utilities such as Xcel, the goal is 20 percent.
“Both those bills are inequitable, favoring one class of customers over another,” said IREA general manager Stan Lewandowski, referring to the solar rebate and net-metering bills. “Customers who can afford solar are affluent people who will get rebates and enjoy the benefit of selling extra power back. But it’s the senior citizens and low-income customers who will subsidize those rebates.”
Solano said critics like Lewandowski don’t realize fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas likely will be hit with carbon taxes in the future, making them more expensive sources of power.
“Solar may have a higher upfront cost, but in the long run it will become a cheaper source of power,” Solano said. “In areas like San Luis Valley which has so much sunshine, a solar industry would create jobs and also reduce pollutants responsible for global warming.”
On Wednesday, the Governor’s Energy Office released a map of renewable energy resources identifying 96 gigawatts of wind capacity in the plains, and 26 gigawatts of solar capacity in southern Colorado.
___________________________________
Make sure to check out the January 2 entry with the Network for New Energy Choices report of the states with the best net metering. Colorado tied with New Jersey to rank number 1 on the list. And/or check out the October 25, 2007 entry for a complete definition of net metering and how it works.