According to Amonix, benefits of this installation include the zero percentage of water used in power production, flexible scalability enabling quicker energy and revenue generation, and the minimal usage of land – only five acres were used per MW of installed capacity. In addition, the dual-axis tracking that was employed prevents permanent land shading.
No water use, Lower acreage of land and prevents permanent land shading? Wow. LCOE is nowhere to be seen...
I was going to grouse about the shade issue but in stand alone settings consistent shade is not necessarily a benefit like it is on a building top. Keeps dust down to have plants growing below. Maybe goats to keep them in check and provide some dual use. Still. This is weak medicine.
Here is a more comprehensive report on tangential costs and considerations for CPV vs others
Berkeley CPV Environmental Report_05_16_2012
Been too long between posts. Sorry fans.
(OH I know... SolFocus is gone so they have nobody to answer the call)
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