Picture of panels on the pool I go to.
I took my girls to tennis lessons today near the Town of Superior North Pool and noticed that Standard Renewable Energy was doing an install on the south facing roof of the pool building.
So, as I normally do, I took out my IPhone and took a few pictures. I didn’t get a chance to talk with the installers at all because it started raining pretty hard and they canceled tennis. Bummer.
Just a guess:
There are so many panels on this install and with this pool building only in use 4 months out of the year, I will guess that these panels will generate far more electricity than the building consumes. I am wondering if that was wise to over design it that way?
The panels are BP Solar SX3190B (190W). With two inverters I will guess this system is around 10k.
Update: My guess was way off, see the comments below.
Here are Pictures of The Town of Superior’s South Pool
I thought it was a little strange that the solar installer used a nondescript white van during the installation of the Town of Superior’s south pool. Perhaps they are sub contracting the work out. I say ‘sub contract’ because I have heard from other solar contractors that the best advertising a contractor can have is having vans and trucks all over town with their name on it. A nondescript white van doesn’t make sense unless they are subs.
update: I was right about the subs:
Yes – we are actually very busy right now, and with all of this work had to hire on some extra summer help! Hopefully it keeps up throughout the winter and we can bring them on full-time!
We have grown to over 45 employees in Colorado (And 230 company wide). We expect to have over 400 company wide by the end of the year – a much higher number than originally anticipated. We are very excited to be expanding!
Dear Solar Dave,
My name is Drew Kundtz and I am the Project Manager for Standard Renewable Energy supervising the Town of Superior solar installations. I appreciate your attention, concern, and inquiry regarding the North Pool PV installation. The town recently conducted an energy audit of their municipal facilities. The annual electric consumption of the North Pool was just over 80,000 kWhrs from October 2007-September 2008. Our PV system at the site is 7.9kW and will produce approximately 11,500 kWhrs/ year. Without any energy efficiency measures being taken, this system will offset approximately 15-20% of annual energy costs. The pumps and lighting take up a significant amount of energy and the Town is working to increase the efficiency of these systems in addition to adding PV.
Again, thank you for being an active participant in your community and I would be happy to answer any further questions you might have.
Sincerely,
Drew Kundtz
Project Manager
Standard Renewable Energy
Drew,
Thanks for answering my guess. Boy was I wrong (I am not an expert in solar).
I think the north pool has heated water, is the water heated from electricity or natural gas? Also, is the lighting include the tennis courts?
The pool does have heated water. This heat comes from gas, not electric. The lighting does include the tennis courts as well as Holiday lighting. Thanks again and take care.
Wow again, boy those water pumps must use a ton of electricity.
Thanks for the reply.