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华盛顿邮报妄言太阳能车棚今年早些时候的好处。它说，美学，环境效益和使用面积铺成的能力 – 而不是绿地 – 创造能量的原因车棚市场在不断扩大规模，尽管增加的成本。
车棚的年装机容量从略低于50兆瓦的两倍，在2010年157万千瓦，2013年，根据GTM研究，并预计将达到318兆瓦，2016年的增长是与太阳能行业的其他线路。虽然太阳能檐篷及车位比较贵 – 增加的材料，工程和劳务增加了底线 – 他们拥有了驱动他们的成功屋顶系统具有明显的优势：人们可以看到它们。
“太阳能车棚尖叫，”我们是绿色的！“”Mike Stevens说，一个销售经理与总部位于俄亥俄州的燕尾太阳能和风能说。该公司在完成一个汽车经销商沿克利夫兰主干道335千瓦的太阳能雨棚。超过100辆汽车将适合的天篷，从夏天的阳光和冬天的雪下的保护，让人们在一个诱人的和明亮的绿色能源结构舒适购物。
“公众的认知有助于大大出售太阳能车棚，”约翰·Sarantakes，业务开发得克萨斯州的Meridian太阳能执行副总裁说。 “积极的公众形象是一个平局证明市场有需求，证明了投资。”
车棚市场主要居住在商业，政府和教育空间。学校停车场配备太阳能车棚被证明是一个福音业务于2012年，提供了近一半的项目，并在2013年，39贡献％，根据GTM。加州一直是车棚安装，其次是新泽西州和亚利桑那州的主要状态。
至于如何能承办最好的参与市场，建筑公司在过程的早期协调是单向的。
“有些时候，兴建新的建筑物的过程中都安装了车棚的基础和电气电缆管道可观的成本节省，”贝内特福特，高级工程师经络Solar表示。 “由于开发人员和架构师熟悉光伏能源系统，他们越来越多地参与与光伏专业设计人员及早在发展过程中产生的节约。”
The Washington Post raved about the benefits of solar carports earlier this year. It said aesthetics, environmental benefits and ability to use a paved area – rather than green land – to create energy are reasons why the carport market is increasing in size, despite added costs.
The annual installed capacity of carports tripled from just shy of 50 MW in 2010 to 157 MW in 2013, according to GTM Research, and is expected to hit 318 MW in 2016. The growth is in line with the rest of the solar industry. And while solar canopies and carports are more expensive – the increased material, engineering and labor adding to the bottom line – they possess a distinct advantage over rooftop systems that drives their success: people can see them.
“Solar carports scream, ‘We’re green!’” said Mike Stevens, a sales executive with Ohio-based Dovetail Solar and Wind. The company is finishing a 335-kW solar canopy on a car dealership along a main road in Cleveland. More than 100 cars will fit under the canopy, protected from summer sun and winter snow, letting people shop comfortably under an alluring and brightly lit green-energy structure.
“Public perception aids tremendously to the sale of solar carports,” said John Sarantakes, executive vice president of business development at Texas-based Meridian Solar. “Positive public perception is a draw proving demand is there, justifying the investment.”
The carport market resides largely in the commercial, government and educational spaces. School parking lots outfitted with solar carports proved to be a boon for the business in 2012, providing nearly half of the projects, and in 2013, contributing 39%, according to GTM. California has been the main state for carport installations, followed by New Jersey and Arizona.
As for how contractors could best take part in the market, coordinating with construction companies early on in the process is one way.
“There are considerable cost savings when carport foundations and electrical raceways are installed during the process of constructing new buildings,” said Bennett Ford, senior engineer at Meridian Solar. “As developers and architects become familiar with PV energy systems, they are increasingly engaging with PV design professionals early enough in the development process to incur those savings.”
