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AssigneeCowatt Energy, LLC.
InventorsCole Brady, William Tolhurst
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The present invention provides a mounting unit for solar panels that simplifies the complexity of storage, transit and in-field installation of solar electric generation systems. According to one embodiment, the mounting unit comprises a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of panel guides, each formed integral with and adjacent to an opposing side of the top panel. Each panel guide includes a horizontal portion for supporting a solar panel and a vertical portion for providing an air channel between a bottom surface of the solar panel and an upper surface of the top panel. The air channel enables natural convection to cool the solar panel and optionally a power conversion device used within the system, thereby improving the solar conversion efficiency of the system. An improved method for installing a solar electric generation system is also provided herein.
A solar electric generating system comprising a mounting unit including:
A method for installing a plurality of solar electric generating systems, each system comprising a mounting unit comprising a pair of hinges located on sidewalls of the mounting unit near a rear of the mounting unit for connecting adjacent mounting units together, and wherein the method comprises:
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