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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font face="Arial" size="2">Richard: Thank you; it's exactly what I asked for in my previous post below to the GB Forum. The installed 24-panel array described in the App note is guaranteed to produce </font><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">5.88 kW DC (~350 Volts, 16.8 Amps) for 20 years. If SolarCity will lease high efficiency Silveo panels, 24 of them would produce about </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">7.84 kW DC (</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">33% more). </span><div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> If I can convince my wife to chop down some trees, we should be able to reach 99%. </span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Carmine </span></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"> ______________________</font><div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;"> Does anyone know of a company that leases solar systems with efficient Solar Panels? The 99%-Solar City system described in the App note linked to <a href="http://gfxtechnology.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;">http://gfxtechnology.com/</a> has 24 panels rated @ 5.88 kW DC (~350 Volts, 16.8 Amps), but its Annual Production is only 6,376 kWh <font color="#ac193d"><b style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px;">(0.266 MWh/Panel)</b></font>. </font></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;"> Solar City engineers also designed a system for our all-electric house that can produce only 72% of its annual usage: <b style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px;"><font color="#ac193d" style="line-height: normal;">1</font></b><font color="#ac193d"><b style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px;">0,838 kWh</b>;</font> rated @ 11.03 kW DC. Our utility doesn't allow ground-mounted arrays or use of our carport, so to attain 99% we need panels capable of delivering at least <font color="#ac193d"><b style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px;">0.37 MWh/Panel</b>.</font></font></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;"> Any suggestions? </font></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;"><br style="line-height: 18.46000099182129px;"></font></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;">Best regards,</font></div><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial" size="2" style="line-height: normal;">Dr. Carmine f. Vasile</font></div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font><div><hr id="stopSpelling"><font face="Arial" size="2">Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:10:31 -0400<br>Subject: Solarcity/Silevo<br>From: richard6@gmail.com<br>To: gfx-ch@msn.com<br><br></font><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello Carmine:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hope all is well with you. I thought this info/link might be of interest to you.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solarcity-acquire-solar-manufacturer-silevo-200-million-solar-gigafactories.html" target="_blank">http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/solarcity-acquire-solar-manufacturer-silevo-200-million-solar-gigafactories.html</a><br clear="all">
</font><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">All the best,</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Richard</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><font face="Arial" size="2">-- <br></font><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://flatteningthecurve.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://flatteningthecurve.wordpress.com/</font></a><br>
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