[33563] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Possible OT] California, and running off of generators for extended periods
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Tue Jan 16 13:46:45 2001
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:29:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
To: Dalvenjah FoxFire <dalvenjah@DAL.NET>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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> Has any other large commercial entity looked into the economics of
> installing a PV array say on the roof of the building above and
> around the cooling packs, etc?
Our draw isn't huge, and we had a fair bit of roof space, so ran the
numbers, and current-generation PVs would meet about 15% of our draw,
measured over a 24-hour period with fair weather and average
length-of-day. Is it worth the money? Probably. Would it help us in an
emergency? Not substantially.
-Bill
