Solarsuno Solar Power Installation in Spain
- Filed under: Solar Power and Off-Grid Living
- Date: Aug 16,2008
Over the last few weeks I’ve been exchanging emails with Maria from SolarSuno in Spain who is in the process of installing a solar system with her husband Emileo at one of their customers. I’ve been helping with little details by email and Maria was kind enough to send some pictures of the installation so far.
They installed four 210 Watt, 24 volt solar panels. Total power being generated equals 840 Watts of power per hour of sunlight ! The solar panels are connected to a Tri-Star 60 Charge Controller.
They connected 10 12 volt 200 amphour batteries into a 24 volt configuration. So, 5 pairs of 12 volt batteries are put together in series. With that we now have five 24volt cells of 200 amphours. They connect those five cells together in parallel and now have a 24 volt 1000 amphour battery bank ! That’s a total of 24000 Watts inside the batteries ! If they only use the top 40% of the batteries (in order to keep them alive MUCH longer) that still means they have 9600 Watts of usable power just from the batteries. (Lets not forget that the solar panels are recharging these batteries at a whopping rate of 840 Watts per hour of sunlight, and Spain gets lots of sun !) The batteries are connected to a 3000 Watt, 24 volt Outback Invertor. (Model VFX3024E)
The “Solar House” in Spain. Solar Panels are by the top left of the picture, to the right of that is the Solar Hot Water heater. I’m curious as to what the tower is for though. Wind turbine ? Antenna ? Hopefully Maria will clear this up for me.
Maria and her husband are doing a great thing. They’re spreading the word about alternative energy and are reducing the worlds carbon footprint one house at a time ! Keep up the good work !
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4 Responses for "Solarsuno Solar Power Installation in Spain"
Great for them. It’s good to see that solar energy is spreading across the world. I don’t get why more people don’t use solar panels, especially in hot areas. The technology is available and there are plenty of tax credits and rebates for them.
It is a great thing indeed. I’d say the obvious reason more people don’t have panels is the costs though. If you already have grid power, it’s hard to justify a massive investment for something that may take 20 years to pay off. If the place doesn’t ALREADY have electricity though it’s a whole other story. Installing solar panels and a wind turbine is usually cheaper for off-grid homes or vacation cottages than the cost of initially having the power company bring lines to your home.
good job pals, this your project has really been of help to me becos i want to set up something close to this. pls can you help me on how to get good inverters (4000watts) and panels(210w). keep the flag flying.
Dear digital mind,
pls i’m planning on installing a system of this capacity in my place, can you help me with an estimate of the cost analysis including all the accessories. thanks.
ifeanyi
Nigeria.
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