SEA GIRT, n. -Simple click computer mouse, residents here as soon as the view online how they benefit from the Sun-the project of the United States Army Corps of engineers New Jersey National Guard Headquarters of the national training Facility in Sea Girt built.
Sunviewer.net, education research tool, the guard is a presentation, so that the public can see how it is saving energy, reducing harmful emissions and conserve significant Guard and taxpayers ' money.
John Hastings, New Jersey Department of military and Veterans Affairs Energy Program Manager "in addition, we wanted to empower the Sun on a number of advantages to the citizens and to promote the Congress more renewable energy projects," said.
At the end of the project is open in October 2009, the Panel photovoltaic solar carport built by the Army Corps of the New York District over an existing parking lot. It contains a range of lighting, inverters, transformers, switchgears and so that the electrical equipment. Less than 200 metres away from the building parking lot is now power supplies of energy.
Complete structure, including the panels are broadly is Doggy Steps expected to produce around detailing the football field size KWH annually. Steel structure is a parking lot near the carport with respect to the above 16 feet and joists and steel girders kattotuolit web. This structure at the top of solar photovoltaic panel arrays, was installed.The panels are composed of multiple solar cells or photovoltaic cells, which absorb the sunlight that produce electricity modules. The higher the Panel more electricity is produced.
In the form of a direct current Electricity produced by the panels, which cannot be used directly in the building. Most buildings require higher voltage alternating current. development to allow to access the power of the direct current is fed to the inverter, solar panel, which converts the AC voltage alternating current is greater than this amount of power. then will be sent to the building of the main transformers if it can be used according to the energy efficiency of buildings to meet their needs.
New Jersey National Guard solar system is related to the public power network and an additional power is shared with the community; the project is also designed in such a way as to save the National Guard, significant energy high energy demand for air conditioning warm weather months. Likely is 80% of the building energy must be provided.
Hastings said "We hope it provides during the summer months, a day to 1000 kilowatts."
The panels of these doors is set at 15-degree angles, to maintain optimum performance. The panels on the market should be set at an angle to facilitate valumien water. Project completed because the Guard and other taxpayers has been saving a lot of money.
New Jersey National Guard saves a lot of money in electric bill savings and New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy certificate program. SREC solar system owners, as a result of more than 1000 kilowatts of electricity per year, the Government of the network to obtain certificates.Each 1 000 kilowatt hours produced by the Sun is equivalent to 1 credit. these certificates are sold and then publicly traded New Jersey businesses and private individuals, allows the benefits of solar system without the construction of solar energy.Revenue will be returned to the owners of the solar system.
"Only eight months, the project has been created around 138,884 kilowatt hours," Hastings said."If you tell this 18 cents, which is usually what utility companies will charge the account a pollutant emitted per kilowatt hour, this is the same as the $ 25,000 we do not have to pay for utility companies."
He continued, "if we this 138,884 kilowatt hours by 1,000, this gives us 138 solar energy renewable credits, which are almost $ 90,000 earned.This project allows us to avoid the costs and revenue and saving a considerable amount of money. "
Hastings use Rowan University to conduct energy audits Guard on the premises.Electrical and mechanical engineering at the University of import classes and students to monitor all stages starting from 9. maximum electrical consumption of the building of the water consumption.Students study the information and recommendations to increase energy efficiency.
Sunviewer kiosks site sharp, feels, and project information, These kiosks are. what to collect project information in a posted sunviewer.net. sunviewer.net site is also used to notify the Department of defense officials in other locations to see them funded renewable energy projects, the actual results.
"Now they can see it for yourself live," Hastings said. "This site contains information on exactly what DoD wants to see that they are getting their money value. Some DoD high-ranking officials have been so impressed by this that they have concluded Sunviewer website all new projects. "
Engineers Corps run more renewable energy projects for New Jersey National Guard in the near future, including equivalent carport project at the seat of the joint Forces Guard, Fort Dix. Furthermore, the Corps to build a wind turbine project, Fort Dix in 2011.
"Our partnership with the Army Corps has been very strong. they are a valuable resource that we want to see become a centre of expertise and assist in the whole country of renewable energy sources needs National Guard," Hastings said. "We are you moving around calls every day in the country from people who want to know how we can make things. Army Corps will help us to empower the people and show them and any other body, that it can be done. "
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