A method of providing transportable solar power, comprising:
- providing a transportable enclosure having an interior space;
- providing a plurality of solar panel frames, each frame supporting a plurality of solar panels;
- providing a plurality of interconnectable track assemblies comprising a first rail member and second rail member, the track assemblies being couplable together in an end to end arrangement to form a track system;
- providing a cart device movable along a length of the track system to move the frames along the track system when the track system is in a second state;
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- providing a lift system configured to lift the frames from the interior space of the transport enclosure onto the track system and from the track system into the interior space of the transport enclosure;
- providing a first top bracket assembly and a second top bracket assembly, wherein the first top bracket assembly is coupled to the first rail member by a first support member and the second top bracket assembly is coupled to the second rail member by a second support member;
- wherein each of said first top bracket assembly and said second top bracket comprise:
- a hinge member;
- an adjustable support member assembly comprising:
- a first adjustable support member;
- a second adjustable support member;
- wherein the first adjustable support member of the first top bracket assembly is configured to rotate up from the first rail member about said hinge member and the first adjustable support member of the second top bracket assembly is configured to rotate up from the second rail member about said hinge member;
- and wherein the first adjustable support member is telescopically adjustable with the second adjustable support member to adjust a length of the adjustable support member assembly and change an angular orientation of one of the solar panel frames of the plurality of solar panel frames;
- wherein:
- each solar panel supported by each frame is electrically interconnected with the other solar panels of each frame;
- the solar panel frames and the track assemblies are configured to be moved between a first state and a second state;
- in the first state, the plurality of frames are positioned in the interior space of the transport enclosure;
- positioning the transportable enclosure on a ground surface;
- lifting the plurality of track assemblies from the interior space of the transportable enclosure onto the ground surface;
- arranging the plurality of track assemblies into an end to end arrangement with one another to form said track system extending away from the transportable enclosure in a linear arrangement, with a first end of the track system positioned adjacent to the transportable enclosure;
- positioning the cart device on the track system adjacent to the first end of the track system;
- moving a first solar panel frame from the interior space of the transportable enclosure onto the cart device;
- moving the first solar panel frame along the track system from the first end of the track system to a first deployment position;
- coupling the first solar panel frame to the track system at the first deployment position;
- supporting a first end portion of the first solar panel frame with said first top bracket assembly and a second end portion of the first solar panel frame with the second top bracket assembly, with the second end portion being opposite the first end portion;
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- adjusting an angular orientation of the first solar panel frame by adjusting said length of the adjustable support member assembly of the first top bracket assembly with respect to the adjustable support member assembly of the second top bracket assembly to change an angular orientation of the solar panel about a horizontal axis for solar exposure.