Port Townsend is the home of Power Trip Energy, and the community has a well-earned reputation as a hotbed of solar installations – we’ve installed more solar power systems in Port Townsend than just about anywhere else. Solar works well in PT; the North OIympic Peninsula averages approximately 3.5 hours of full sun per day. That is about 70% of the sun resources of southern California. This makes grid-tied solar installations very popular here. Power Trip Energy has installed many solar PV systems in Port Townsend over the years; here are a few of our latest projects:
3 KW system utilizing 15 Sanyo 200 watt modules and a SMA Sunnyboy 3000 watt inverter. The Loehrs are active in raising local awareness of global warming and have taken steps to reduce their carbon footprint by generating clean solar electricity for use in their all electric car.
2.16 KW system using 12 Evergreen 180 watt modules (made in USA) and a 2100 watt SMA inverter (made in Germany). Mr. Finney is a tugboat captain and appreciates the fact that his grid tied PV system generates electricity credits with the local utility even when he is out at sea.
3 KW Sanyo on PSE grid.
2 KW grid tied PV
1.3 KW Sharp PV on PSE grid.
2 KW system using 10 Sanyo 200 watt modules and an SMA SunnyBoy 21oo watt inverter. Modules are extended above the peak of the roof to reduce afternoon shading of the array.
2.8 kW system consists of 14 Sanyo 200 watt solar modules and a 3000 watt SMA inverter. This array mounted on the south facing roof of the garage and breezeway feeds power back to the attached house.
1.9 KW Sanyo PV on PSE Grid
Lee had us double the size of his array in 2006. His original installation is featured here https://powertripenergy.com/project/doughty/
This was one of our early installations using the 120 watt pv modules from Evergreen Solar.