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Solar Power Robot Goes To Jail

by Zach March 22, 2013
written by Zach March 22, 2013
Solar Power Robot Goes To Jail

That has to be one of the most intriguing solar power headlines of the year. Fortunately, there’s nothing untrue about it (even if the story isn’t exactly what you have in mind).

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QBotix combines robotics technology with solar power plants to improve the efficiency of solar projects. And its first commercial application is at Alameda County Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California.

QBotix writes: “The power plant contains 32 QBotix trackers and single SolBot, a robot created by the company that angles solar panels toward the sun to increase energy production by more than 30%. The QTS-based power plant at Santa Rita will generate approximately 120,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. Signal Energy served as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contractor on the project. Construction of the entire plant took less than four working days. Wiring and commissioning took two additional working days.”

Hopefully the system works as intended and is picked up for use in future solar projects. Getting more electricity out of every $1 is always great!

By the way, if you’re all of a sudden curious about the jail and its decision to go solar, QBotix has more info on that, too:

“Santa Rita jail is California’s third largest detention facility and it consumes more energy than any other county government building. The solar power plant is part of a long-range plan to reduce peak power and energy consumption.”

For more info about the QBotix solar robot, check out the QBotix website.

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is the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular cleantech-focused website in the world, and Planetsave, a world-leading green and science news site. He has been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and he has been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, and wind energy since 2009. Aside from his work on CleanTechnica and Planetsave, he's the founder and director of Solar Love, EV Obsession, and Bikocity. To connect with Zach on some of your favorite social networks, go to ZacharyShahan.com and click on the relevant buttons.

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