Three Sixty Solar certifies a new tower design
by CM Staff
The company says this will increase electrical output by 300%.
VANCOUVER — Three Sixty Solar Ltd., an alternative energy design, manufacture, and sales organization focussed on solar equipment supply to the global marketplace, announces the development of a new large-format solar-utility tower for multi-tower megawatt-scale applications.
Three Sixty Solar’s development team and partners have implemented a project to design a significantly up-scaled version of the base tower configuration. The result is the engineering of a new model based on design criteria which called for a large-format tower capable of withstanding wind, seismic, and related structural loads with a vertical elevation up to 120’ tall with solar generated electrical output up to 250 kW of rated power. This is an increase of over 300% compared to the current maximum tower design.
With the introduction of this new model, Three Sixty Solar will be able to install a full megawatt (enough to power 100 homes*) of rated power using just four towers occupying less than 10,000 square feet of land. This equates to less than 5% of the land that would be required for a typical ground-mount solar installation of the same rated power output.
Three Sixty Solar’s CEO, Brian Roth states, “Installing more power on fewer towers and in less space enables us to simplify the electrical systems, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies for our customers. The larger format also enables us to integrate more utilities inside the tower, including heavy duty battery storage systems, telecommunications equipment and more. With large scale applicability, I anticipate this new design is poised to a become a game-changing opportunity on our path to deploying our previously stated goal of 500 megawatts of power within the next five years. We believe we are on-track to unlock meaningful shareholder value as our product line expands to meet the growing demands of an environmentally greener society.”
