Grid-Tied Solar System
Solar Power Installation for Alpha Technologies GmbH
Schwabach, Germany
A worldwide provider of
turnkey solar power system
installations, Alpha
commissioned a grid-tied
photovoltaic system on the
rooftop of its Schwabach
warehouse facility in
Germany as part of an
effort to demonstrate
Alpha’s own commitment
to green practices.
Grid-tied
Solar Power
Case Studies
System Specifications
System Power:
Total of 42kW
PV Array:
(220) 170W Modules - South Side
(16) 228W Thinfilm Modules North Side
Solar Inverter:
(3) 5kW
(3) 8kW
System Maintenance:
Self cleaning, as more than
7° steep
The south side of the warehouse roof (fig. 1) includes 220 monocrystalline photovoltaic panels and the north side (fig. 2)
16 thinfilm modules connected by six 5-8kW inverters. Combined, both systems will generate a total of 40,500 kilowatt
hours per year, which is roughly the amount required to power 5 homes. The resulting CO2 offset of 52,600 lbs or 23.8
tons is equivalent to preventing the emissions of more than 4 cars.
One of the nation’s leading developers of turnkey photovoltaic systems for commercial, institutional and remote (off-grid)
applications, Alpha Energy is recognized as a market innovator in packaging renewable energy technologies.
Fig. 1 - 37kW installation
Fig. 2 - 4kW Thinfilm installation
Alpha Energy
United States Bellingham, Washington
www.alpha.com
Phoenix, Arizona
Tel: 360 647 2360 Fax: 360 671 4936
Tel: 602 997 1007 Fax: 623 249 7833
049-222-15-002 (11/09)