What style of Tracker is this?

[Higher-Ground Farm]

Do the math on how much that would cost as well. 204 panels times five buildings, add the tracking systems. oof! that's a lot of dough!

[SunEagle]

I apologize for this post and all the silliness it inspired. I will be waiting for my punishment behind the woodshed.

Hey. I was a doubting Thomas until you provided some additional links to other people's observations for me to research.

I found the single home as well as the group of 5 using google earth. Why someone would use that type of tracking system built over a house is a big question for me but at least two people thought not.

[Higher-Ground Farm]

I apologize for this post and all the silliness it inspired. I will be waiting for my punishment behind the woodshed.

[J.P.M.]

I don't think this forum as the time for absolute bull****...........z

Me neither. What's this forum coming to for goodness' sake ??? We should sic the humor police on all of us who refuse to take ourselves too seriously. I mean -- the NERVE !!!

[Zardiw]

Nope, It was just one of those days, as I was driving by, they just appeared through the mist. They could be alien inspired though.

I don't think this forum as the time for absolute bull****...........z

[Higher-Ground Farm]

Impractical. Should be on the ground.

Why impractical? Just curious what makes you think that.

I think it takes up less room with the house underneath. I would think it would keep the house cooler in the summer?

[radareclipse]

Impractical. Should be on the ground.

[foo1bar]

My other question is that single house had quite a bit of land around it so why would they build the array on the house instead of a ground mount?

No need to remove snow from it like you would a typical ground mount?

You could say this is a ground mount that's large enough you can fit a building under it.

With the group of 5 buildings/arrays it must be a solar farm selling the power to the grid... Maybe with the long hours of summer this comes up better for pricing for power sold to the POCO(s)

[SunEagle]

Found it finally. It does not show up in Satellite view, but in street view it does!
1627-1631 County Road 42
Delta, ON K0E 1G0

44.638307, -76.134609

The satellite imagery is from 2005 before they were built. I also found them on street view. Crazy array design.

[Higher-Ground Farm]

cooler in the summer? made in the shade!

[SunEagle]

To answer the question in the subject line - this is a big tilted single axis tracker. Possibly the tilt aligns with the earth axis (poles) in which case it's a "Polar aligned single axis tracker"

One of the google street-view you can see the 3 spots it's attached to the roof - middle and endpoints of the roof ridge.

It makes sense that an array that big would have more than a single pivot point like the smaller tracking arrays have. Still those support columns must have some big concrete foundations.

My other question is that single house had quite a bit of land around it so why would they build the array on the house instead of a ground mount?

[Higher-Ground Farm]

Apology Accepted.... LOL.

[foo1bar]

To answer the question in the subject line - this is a big tilted single axis tracker. Possibly the tilt aligns with the earth axis (poles) in which case it's a "Polar aligned single axis tracker"

One of the google street-view you can see the 3 spots it's attached to the roof - middle and endpoints of the roof ridge.

[J.P.M.]

I figured Higher-Ground Farm was really, really, pulling our leg. Usually I check the calendar for April 1 when I see someone sticking to their guns....

Unbelievable.

Maybe they are COMBO PV + Wind units and twirl while catching the solar.

Well, they sometimes do things differently in the "Great White North" (Ehh ??)

[cebury]

I figured Higher-Ground Farm was really, really, pulling our leg. Usually I check the calendar for April 1 when I see someone sticking to their guns....

Unbelievable.

Maybe they are COMBO PV + Wind units and twirl while catching the solar.