Nth Degree Solar Energy, a Grand Junction, Colorado based solar design and installation firm recently finished a commercial solar installation in Grand Junction. Colorado. Find it here.

Nth Degree Energy uses the Acme camera kit and PV Watts to do a custom designed solution that fits the customers needs.  Here is what an array shot looks like to determine the amount of sun hours a day:

The grid-tied solar array was installed on the roof:

All the racking used to install the PV solar electric system are UL-certified (not all solar companies can say that!)

This system uses SMA inverters.  Here is a shot of the power panel after installation:

Here are some more statistics

Latitude: 39 04.656’ N

Longitude: 108 30.775’ W

Elevation: 4596’

Declination: 11.2 deg E

Lowest Temperature -22deg F

Highest ambient Temperature 92deg F

Total Electricity used/Year: 47,423 KHW

Panel Pitch: 30 deg

Hours of Solar Radiation: 5.8 Hours /day fixed for summer

View this grid-tied solar electric PV power plant here.

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Tags: Commercial Solar, solar energy system, solar panel installation, solar system

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