Flat Tile Solar Panels-Module Number
An earth-mount utility-scale solar photovoltaic array has modules supported on the ground to establish an earth orientation of the modules. These modules sit in a closely adjacent arrangement or an abutting arrangement of module rows. One general aspect includes a utility-scale group of modules that contains greater than 800 conterminous PV modules in which more than 80% of the modules are earth-mounted. Implementations may include the array having one or more of the following features: eight groups of modules; no connection to an inverter with an ac output; no stowing functionality or extreme dampening functionality. Implementations of the described techniques may include solar arrays and related methods.
1 . A photovoltaic power plant comprising a utility-scale group of modules wherein a group of modules contains greater than 800 conterminous PV modules in which more than 80% of the modules are earth-mounted.
2 . The plant of claim 1 comprising two groups of modules.
3 . The plant of claim 2 comprising greater than 1600 conterminous modules.
4 . The plant of claim 1 comprising eight groups of modules.
5 . The plant of claim 4 comprising an inverter with an AC output, wherein
the array has a DC output,
and
the DC:AC ratio is 1.2-1.9, 1.4-1.9, or 1.6-2.2.
6 . The plant of claim 5 comprising 200 inverters.
7 . The plant of claim 6 , wherein one of the arrays has 50 or more rows of modules.
8 . The plant of claim 7 , wherein one of the arrays has 50 or more columns of conterminous modules.
9 . The plant of claim 8 further comprising a fully autonomous cleaning robot.
10 . The plant of claim 2 further comprising a fully autonomous cleaning robot.
11 . The plant of claim 10 wherein the fully autonomous cleaning robot is an AI autonomous robotic device.
12 . The plant of claim 11 , wherein some of the modules have a contact region that rests on the ground or rests on a contact surface of one or more structures,
provided that the volume beneath and perpendicular to the contact surface is solid or constrains air movement.
13 . The plant of claim 1 , wherein at least one group does not connect to an inverter.
14 . The plant of claim 1 , wherein at least one group does not connect to an inverter with an AC output.
15 . The plant of claim 14 having an arrangement that withstands wind speeds of greater than 150 mph.
16 . The plant of claim 15 not containing stowing functionality or extreme dampening functionality.
17 . The plant of claim 1 not containing stowing functionality or extreme dampening functionality for modules or groups of modules.