Monday, August 20, 2012

Solar Solution: Vermont solar test bed for smart modules

http://www.solarnovus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5511:solar-solution-vermont-solar-test-bed-for-smart-modules&catid=77:case-studies-and-solar-solutions&Itemid=440

Vermont’s feed-in-tariff

The system owners, Naoto and Kale Inoue, have been in the PV business for 35 years as owners of Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc., based in Arundel, Maine. This self-financed project won a spot through a lottery, enabling it to take part in the state’s feed-in tariff (FiT) program. 2.2MW was the limit to the size of the system. Kale said that it was purely by luck that they were awarded the FiT project. With 300 applicants, only 12 were chosen. Talmage Solar chose the site in Sharon, Vermont because of its south face and proximity to power lines.

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