Mowing Under Solar Panels

System owners recognize that growing vegetation under and around pv systems must be minimized to protect their valuable investment.

Mowing under solar panels.

Bigmow general electric. Bent over white square frames some of the researchers catalog the number and type of native plants growing on a square foot of land. Mowers with traditional blades can damage equipment. 100 electric solar powered.

The problem was the labor required to mow the grass underneath the newly installed 7 acre solar farm in durham nc at the ge aviation facility. Towerguard tensioned wire between posts of varying heights. On a humid overcast day in central minnesota a dozen researchers crouch in the grass between rows of photovoltaic pv solar panels. Mowing spraying herbicide grazing sheep goats and covering the area with weed control sheets for example.

Customers will save significantly on fuel and maintenance costs and will be able to operate effectively and quietly at night. Only their bright yellow hard hats are clearly visible above the tall nearly overgrown prarie grasses which are growing exactly as expected. Solar panel protection keeps all birds from getting under solar arrays protecting the roof and equipment. Bigmow at ge underneath solar panels in their 7 acre solar field robotic battery powered mowers.

Solar power plants provide many benefits but at least one perpetual challenge. Gridwire tensioned steel cables suspended in various patterns to deter large aquatic birds. There are several weed control methods used for pv ground mount systems in japan. Ovocontrol a ready to use bait that controls the reproduction of treated birds.

Even the sheep tried at one small site behaved unreliably. Hand held weed whackers are a labor intensive solution. Softee automation and general electric have teamed up for a unique solution. Graze mowers are electric with boosted run times from solar panels.