The rising price of fossil fuels, government incentives
and growing public aware-ness for the need to implement sustainable
energy supplies has resulted in a large in-crease in solar panel
installations across the country. For many sites the most eco-nomical
solar panel installation uses existing, southerly facing rooftops.
Adding solar panels to an existing roof typically means increased
loads that must be borne by the building-s structural elements. The
structural design professional is responsible for ensuring a new solar
panel installation is properly supported by an existing structure and
configured to maximize energy generation.
[1] National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden
Colorado 80401-3305t. 303-275-3000 www.nrel.gov., "Technical
Report NREL/TP-6A0-44073 Supply Curves for Rooftop Solar PVGenerated
Electricity for the United States" by Paul Denholm and
Robert Margolis, November 2008, www.nrel.gov.
[2] "Performance of Solar Power Plants in India", submitted to Central
Electricity Regu-latory Commission New Delhi by Dr. BD Sharma,
February 2011, www.cercind.gov.in.
[3] The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra, Australia,
www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom - an online calculator for estimating
solar panel effi-ciency, Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden.
[1] National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden
Colorado 80401-3305t. 303-275-3000 www.nrel.gov., "Technical
Report NREL/TP-6A0-44073 Supply Curves for Rooftop Solar PVGenerated
Electricity for the United States" by Paul Denholm and
Robert Margolis, November 2008, www.nrel.gov.
[2] "Performance of Solar Power Plants in India", submitted to Central
Electricity Regu-latory Commission New Delhi by Dr. BD Sharma,
February 2011, www.cercind.gov.in.
[3] The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra, Australia,
www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom - an online calculator for estimating
solar panel effi-ciency, Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden.
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and growing public aware-ness for the need to implement sustainable
energy supplies has resulted in a large in-crease in solar panel
installations across the country. For many sites the most eco-nomical
solar panel installation uses existing, southerly facing rooftops.
Adding solar panels to an existing roof typically means increased
loads that must be borne by the building-s structural elements. The
structural design professional is responsible for ensuring a new solar
panel installation is properly supported by an existing structure and
configured to maximize energy generation.", keywords = "Solar Panel, Structures, Structural Design.", volume = "7", number = "4", pages = "327-6", }