US 2013/0276304 A1 · SOLAR PANEL MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Abstract

A solar panel mounting system includes a plurality of solar panel support structures which can be formed from solid concrete in adjacent rows with mounting surfaces that are tilted towards the equator. The solar panels can have an adhesive backing which can be used to secure the solar panels directly to the mounting surfaces. The support structures can be made of concrete and formed with a slip form machine. This construction can reduce the time and materials required for the solar panel installation. The solar panel mounting system can also occupy significantly less ground space than conventional solar panel installations.

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Dependent claims

A method for constructing a solar panel array comprising:

forming a first concrete support structure on an installation surface for a first set of solar panels, the first concrete support structure having a front edge, a back edge and an angled mounting surface between the front edge and the back edge that is angled towards the equator, the back edge is higher than the front edge;
forming a second concrete support structure on the installation surface for a second set of solar panels wherein a horizontal distance between the a front edge of the second concrete support structure and the back edge of the first concrete support is approximately two times a vertical distance of the back edge of the first concrete support structure above the installation surface;
and
attaching the first set of solar panels to the angled mounting surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/490,165Filed 6 Jun 2012

Priority

23 Apr 2012

Published

24 Oct 2013

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

H10F 77/68
Arrangements for cooling directly associated or integrated with photovoltaic cells, e.g. heat sinks directly associated with the photovoltaic…:…
F24S 25/11
Extending in directions away from a supporting surface: using shaped bodies, e.g. concrete elements, foamed elements or moulded box-like elements
F24S 25/63
Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules: for fixing modules or their peripheral frames to…
H02S 20/00
Supporting structures for pv modules

Solar panel mounting apparatus and method

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