Canadian Solar panel Solutions Inc., signed a 10 MW AC module
supply agreement with Algonquin Power inverter Co., to provide Canadian Solar panel modules for a utility-scale solar panel energy project in Cornwall , Ontario
Construction is scheduled to begin in the
second quarter of 2013, with the project expected to be fully operational by
the fourth quarter of 2013.
The utility-scale solar panel plant is expected to include about 42,000
Canadian Solar panel CS6X high
performance modules, which have been awarded key international certifications
attesting to the rigors of their formal quality control inspections and
testing.
Canadian Solar panel modules are covered by a 10-year warranty on
materials and workmanship, along with a 25-year linear power inverter output performance guarantee. In addition, the
terms of Canadian Solar panel product
and performance warranty are backed by a third-party insurance policy that is
underwritten by investment grade insurance companies, ensuring a safe
investment for developers, investors, and project owners.
Algonquin Power inverter Co. generates and sells electrical energy
through a portfolio of renewable power inverter generation and clean thermal power inverter generation facilities across North
America .
With its modestly named Shelter,
architecture firm Carter Williamson has thrown its hat into the disaster
response emergency housing ring. Tthe emphasis appears to be on flexibility,
Shelter having been designed for easy transportation and rapid construction in
a range of less-than-ideal circumstances. Most interesting is that the
prefabricated Shelter is also designed to be built using scrap materials recovered
from disaster zones.
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To make transportation of the Shelters as
easy as possible, Carter Williamson has opted for a prefabricated design than
can ship flat packed. The design is based on notional units of 2.4 meters (8
feet): the interior height and width of a standard shipping container or
haulage truck. However, intriguingly, the designers suggest that a Shelter
could also be constructed from salvaged materials. This probably explains the
use of corrugated metal, though how this process would work in practice (and to
what extent new materials, like the flexible legs, would be needed) isn't
entirely clear.
According to Carter Williamson, the 37.5 sq
m (404 sq ft) Shelter can be put up by two people in a day. It ships with
adjustable scaffolding props – the legs on which Shelter stands – with the idea
that it can be erected upon uneven ground. When done with, the Shelter can be
disassembled for reuse.
A single Shelter can house 8 to 10 people,
with a mezzanine roof space used for sleeping quarters (or to provide a useful
private space during the day). However, the Shelters are designed to be
adaptable, and can be arranged end to end to create larger areas for mass
catering, or as an an administrative nerve center.
Shelter is also designed to be self-functioning
off-grid tie inverter, shipping with 1.5 kW of roof-mounted photovoltaic solar
panel power inverter as well as a solar panel hot water system and a 950-liter
water-collection tank. There's an optional outdoor decking area which adds compost
toilet, shower, and gas-cooking facilities.
Carter Williamson hopes that a version of
the Shelter, renamed Pavilion, could see uses diverse as holiday homes, remote
science outposts or even permanent accommodation.
There are some outstanding questions.
What's it made from, besides some sort of corrugated metal? What is the status
of the Shelter? Has an end cost been worked out? And, perhaps most
intriguingly, is there a method in mind for using recovered materials to make
Shelter? We've posed Carter Williamson these questions and will let you know
what we hear.
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