Solar farms sprout across America - farm the sun!
Solar Farms - solar energy, the new cash crop
Solar farms are sprouting up all over America. The 30% Federal energy tax credit, combined with state, utility and local solar incentives have created an extremely favorable climate for investment in solar farm technology.
Solar farms can take many forms. The most common is the PV or photovoltaic solar farm that is built from hundreds or thousands of solar panels mounted on large racks in a field, pasture or desert parcel. Want to discuss a solar farm? Speak now with an installer - 877-331-1235
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Solar Farm Installers - planting the seeds of power
Installation of solar panels on the scale required for a solar farm is a big task. But like most engineering projects, the installation of a solar farm is made simpler by breaking down the project into its component parts.
Solar Farm considerations
- Solar farm site assessment
- What is the earth composed of? What is underneath?
- Is there water available to clean the solar arrays/mirrors?
- Are there any zoning issues?
- Proximity to existing power lines
- Financing
- Incentives - available from Federal, State gov't and local utilities
Photovoltaic (solar electric - PV) vs Solar thermal
Most early solar farms (and a number of very large scale current solar farms) were built using solar thermal technology. Thermal solar farms use a series of mirrors to concentrate the suns heat onto a central column that uses the high temperature to create steam, which then spins a turbine to make electricity.
