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- Tilting the panels
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- In 2009, 6 new 165 Watt solar panels are installed on the south side of the energy building. They are now able to run only on solar for 4-5 days without running the generator.
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- In November , 2011, Lester Pearson College started the installation of brackets to allow tilting of the solar panels.
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- Cleaning the panels before they were tilted
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- Feb 23/2007: The electrical wiring of the Solar panels is completed and tied into the power grid.The devices in the pictures are Charge Controllers
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- The three white panels feed into the Xantrex hybrid inverters . The fourth feeds directly in the battery bank to charge them directly from the panels.
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- Feb 24. A draft copy of Solar Investigations is put up on the racerocks.com website
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- Jan 25/2007: view from tower of solar panels installed on the energy building.
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- Solar panels on the South side of the energy building. Jan 25. Completing the 38 panel array
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- Base for solar panels constructed by Mike in December 2006.
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- Jan 25/2007 The solar panels are laid and fastened to the frames bolted to the roof.ode
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- The panels will lie almost horizontally in order to maximize exposure to sunlight from east to west.
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- Electrical leads from the completed array which will take the wires in through the roof to the Xantrex conditioning equipment.ode
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- Jan 23/2007: Solar panels are transferred from the vessel Second naturede
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- Mike runs the winch as usualcode
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- Stacking on the deck for transfer across the island.
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- Holes are drilled in the concrete
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- Jan 17/2007 workmen from Carmanah secure bolts in the roof
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- Jan 25/and the bolts are cemented in with a strong adhesive.2007 The solar panels are laid and fastened to the frames bolted to the roof.
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- Before the roof was painted
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- Preparation of the roofs of the Energy Centre building for the installation of the panels started in May 2006.
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- The Energy Centre, with its roof prepared for the bank of solar panels.
Photos by Chris Garry and Mike.
In 2006, we received a grant from the Ministry of Mines and Energy for the installation of Solar panels to add to our integrated energy system.
Preparation of the roofs of the Energy Centre building for the installation of the panels started in May 2006.
Adding the solar panels in this location will not involve any increase of the human footprint on the island
The system will contribute at least 6.5 Kilowatts to assist in leveling the charging capacity
The Operations manager for Race Rocks supervising this phase of the project: Chris Blondeau
Sunlight as an Abiotic Factor at Race Rocks is located in this file. The implications for organisms living in the area are demonstrated.Â
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A schematic Diagram of the Installation of the PV Panels on the Energy Building at Race Rocks |
 The Solar Panels were currently installed on the roof and south side of the energy building. This diagram shows more of the details of installation and mounting..
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Link to the Tidal Energy Project ​2006-2011