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> Modules for solar farms have been getting larger and heavier, but the maximum size/weight has traditionally been limited by what human workers can heft into p
by quickthrowman 2y ago
> Modules for solar farms have been getting larger and heavier, but the maximum size/weight has traditionally been limited by what human workers can heft into place.
Are there installers that actually use humans to lift solar panels onto racking on solar field projects? I figured everyone was using vacuum pump panel lifters instead of humans these days as it’s much faster and less prone to injury.
One example: https://unimove.com/lift/solar-panels/ https://unimove.com/lift/solar-panels/
These can easily be fabbed up by a single person, it’s just some steel and a couple vacuum pumps.
- ghshephard 2y agoI'm trying to find recent Time Lapse videos - here is one from Australia, 2020 - at the time the largest in Western Australia - so at scale. All the panels were hand lifted by one person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCtFG-hIHdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCtFG-hIHdM Ahh - better - here is one at scale from a year ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72UlzbsON4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72UlzbsON4M West Texas: - 200 MW - 1200 Acres - Piles -- 68,350 - Support Piles (Crew does 80-100 piles/day) - Tracker System - 490,150 Solar Modules - 540 watts/module - Crew can install 500 panels a day - These are multi person 2-4 people lifting. - 500 workers on site - doing 6200 panels/day. - (That suggests ~40 person crews if all worker installing panels. Wow - now I see why this is a big deal) - Cables panels -> Inverters - Big Inverter install to to convert to AC - Lots of concrete pouring for substation/Inverter Pad.