[ExI] FW: pvs on oregon ranch

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:02:40PM -0700, spike wrote:
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> A few months ago, I mentioned a friend who has a ranch in Oregon,
> contemplating installing PVs.  He did it.  He has 11 of these so far, and

This is a small installation, by local standards. Most farmers have
far more on their barn roofs.

> some 1-axis trackers.  His ground-based PV is the first installation in that

I think movable parts in PV is a mistake. 

> area.  Pretty soon we will get some data on cost and output in his area
> (eastern Oregon, north and west of Ontario) so perhaps we can get an idea of
> how this would scale, end some of the speculation.