Google uses solar panels
Google supports the movement of environmentalists and uses furniture made of PVC, paints that do not contain volatile organic components. And no one was surprised that Google is deploying the largest commercial system of solar panels in the US (1.6 MW), which covers most of the buildings in the company. At this week's ETech conference in San Diego about how and why Google has deployed such a system, said project coordinator Anthony Ravitz.
Ravits says that Google will return the money invested in the project for 7.5 years, after which for decades it will use cheap energy. Solar panels have the unique ability to take more energy when loads are high - the afternoon load period.
Installation costs a lot of money (although prices are gradually falling). Ravits does not give exact figures, but says that the project became a reality thanks to the PG & E subsidies (a kind of California-based GAZPROM and RAO UES in one person :) and a generous federal tax credit.
Now on the flat roofs of Googleplex, 9,212 Sharp photovoltaic modules are installed, each of which is capable of generating 208 watts of power at maximum illumination. To increase the area of solar panels, Google installed them in car parks, thereby killing two birds with one stone: first, more energy is produced, and secondly, cars do not heat up on hot days. The installation can generate 30% of the capacity required during peak consumption by Google, or about a thousand Californian homes.
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This is a clear illustration of the coincidence of commercial and environmental interests, and Ravits hopes that other firms will follow Google’s example and start looking at alternative energy sources.
Ravits says that Google will return the money invested in the project for 7.5 years, after which for decades it will use cheap energy. Solar panels have the unique ability to take more energy when loads are high - the afternoon load period.
Installation costs a lot of money (although prices are gradually falling). Ravits does not give exact figures, but says that the project became a reality thanks to the PG & E subsidies (a kind of California-based GAZPROM and RAO UES in one person :) and a generous federal tax credit.
Now on the flat roofs of Googleplex, 9,212 Sharp photovoltaic modules are installed, each of which is capable of generating 208 watts of power at maximum illumination. To increase the area of solar panels, Google installed them in car parks, thereby killing two birds with one stone: first, more energy is produced, and secondly, cars do not heat up on hot days. The installation can generate 30% of the capacity required during peak consumption by Google, or about a thousand Californian homes.
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This is a clear illustration of the coincidence of commercial and environmental interests, and Ravits hopes that other firms will follow Google’s example and start looking at alternative energy sources.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/6042/
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