Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Ground-mount PV array
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Parking lot solar canopy
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Larger rooftop array
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Example of series-strings adversely affected—by the lighter shading—by near shading (fence, inter-row) at the ground mount array at 3:15 pm on the winter solstice. East–west strings are on the left and north-south strings are on the right (Generated using PVsyst).
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: The impact on array annual energy generation due to the ice guard's size and relative position to the edge of the lowest row of modules at the parking lot solar canopy
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Ice guard for each parking lot solar canopy shed
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Modeled results that pictorially and graphically show the impact of near shading for the worst case of the year, on the winter solstice, at the larger rooftop array for a module row spacing of 61 cm (Generated using PVsyst)
Date of download: 11/2/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design–Bid–Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2017;139(3):035001-035001-8. doi:10.1115/1.4036055 Figure Legend: Average daily specific yield for each month of the two reported periods (August 2012 to July 2013 and August 2014 to July 2015) for the three larger PV sites