Presently, residential and commercial solar system owners must choose between two photovoltaic deployment methods:
● Rooftop installations, requiring ownership of a suitable roof and costly, custom-engineered systems, or
● Ground mounted structures, including permanent carport or canopy installations, requiring sizable tracts of single-use real estate,
Both of these deployment methods require cumbersome permitting procedures which represent expensive soft-costs and, even if you could get through the permitting, the systems are often prohibited due to county setbacks and HOA restrictions.
According to the DOE-funded research and marketplace portal EnergySage: “The pros and cons of solar energy,” the following are primary reasons people don’t (or shouldn't) go solar:
● The average cost for solar systems is too high.
● People rent their home, or plan on moving.
● They have an inadequate or shady roof. .
● They face county setback rules or restrictions from their homeowner's associations.
● Permitting can be complicated and often take a long time.
● Permanent installations risk exposure to inclement weather.
● Difficulty accessing components for trouble-shooting, maintenance and upgrades.
So many problems to fix at once, but GismoPower’s innovative new means of deployment solves all these issues.
SOLUTION
Imagine a major household appliance which, instead of consuming electricity, generates and feeds electricity to the grid by means of a 240V plug and outlet.
GismoPower® has developed the MEGA, a Mobile Electricity Generating Appliance, a portable carport on removable wheels integrating a high-power bifacial PV system and a powerful Class 2 EV-Charger (US-Utility Patent 17/326,687). The MEGA is a transformative technology which serves “energy prosumers” where neither rooftop nor ground-mounted solar fit, enabling moderate income Americans, including renters, to adopt solar in their driveways for a fraction of the cost of comparable rooftop systems.
The secret sauce to the MEGA is “Solar On Wheels®.” Heavy-duty wheels allow the individual racks to be wheeled around without major effort and into garages or shelters during adverse weather conditions. No dedicated single-use real estate area is needed for the MEGA; its portability sets it apart from permanent carport structures, ground-mount PV arrays and classic rooftop solar installations. This design approach avoids structural building permits, reducing soft costs by 50%, opening the solar PV market to renters as well as people on the move. …...more
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