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Nipton goes Skyline Solar

~80.6 kiloWatt-peak (kWp) DC High Gain Solar (HGS) project awaiting final interconnections.

$4.05 per Watt-peak DC installation cost per the CSI data.

I first became aware of a new Skyline Solar, Inc. project located in Nipton, California USA (http://www.nipton.com/) via the California Solar Statistics website which provides program and application information on the California Solar Initiative (CSI). I contacted Skyline Solar in April 2010; they didn’t comment preferring to announce finished projects.

   

Skyline Solar VTA Update

[San Jose, California USA]

It’s all in the tracking.

After many rainy days, the sun broke out last Saturday before Noon, and I was solar powered for a Silicon Valley tour. After taking pictures of the First Solar skunk works, I decided to visit the Skyline Solar, Inc. High Gain Solar (HGS) Project at the Cerone Division of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).

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Skyline Solar Arizona Test Site

~2.2 kW (kiloWatt) system at the Tucson Electric Power Solar Test Field.

When I heard Skyline Solar, Inc. mentioned an Arizona test site during their presentation at Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations Fall 2009, I was all over it. Later, I found BARKER MORRISSEY Contracting had installed a Skyline Solar High Gain Solar (HGS) Array at the Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Solar Test Field on East Irvington Road in Tucson, Arizona USA.

As noted in Skyline Solar Test Site:
The project included the detailed installation of Skyline’s single axis tracker. This tracker consists of highly reflective metal sheets on top of reflective racks that direct light to Skyline’s High Gain Solar

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Solar Light Flashes: 24th EU PVSEC Edition

Select Photovoltaic News Tidbits from the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition.

It’s been like forever (1 year, 8 months, 10 days) since my last Solar Light Flashes. I’ve always planned to resurrect the haphazard post. Twitter delayed the return but sometimes 140 characters are insufficient.

centrotherm photovoltaics AG (ETR:CTN)

Only the Photovoltaic (PV) Industry plasters roadmaps or manufacturing costs on exhibition stand signage. The last official centrotherm CIGS (copper indium gallium diselenide) news was “Success in the thin film division: centrotherm photovoltaics achieves 13 percent efficiency for mass production”. Tom Cheyney chatted with centrotherm in “EU PVSEC short takes: Talking CIGS turnkey, eyeballing a Nanosolar panel, and more” at PV-tech.org.

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In Search of Skyline Solar – Part 3

[San Jose, California USA]
High Gain Solar (HGS) power plant dedication including HGS module ratings.

After In Search of Skyline Solar – Part 2, I managed to attend the dedication of the Skyline Solar High Gain Solar (HGS) power plant at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Cerone Bus Maintenance and Operations Division a while back [...]

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In Search of Skyline Solar – Part 2

[San Jose, California USA]
Pilot High Gain Solar (HGS) Project at the Cerone Division of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).
Project and electricity free to VTA!
HGS concentrating issue at the open end of the trough?

From Skyline Solar’s HGS Pilot Project at VTA Cerone Division

My In Search of Skyline Solar post provided a preview of last [...]

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In Search of Skyline Solar

[Mountain View, California USA]

Finding the concentrating photovoltaic (PV) solar collector.
Skyline Solar CEO Bob MacDonald presenting at Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations Spring 2009 next week.
Since posting Skyline Solar Dawn, I’ve been keen on learning more about Skyline Solar’s High Gain Silicon PV solution. Some PV insiders may have followed my cryptic closing comment, The Truth [...]