SunStation in Operation!

SunStation is in operation! The system produces a peak of 7.8 kW solar power. It has 14 kWh of lithium batteries. The SunStation electronics are shown below. The inverter is on the left. The batteries are in the cabinet on the right.

SunStation

The SunStation has a web interface. You can see that when this screen shot was made the SunStation was selling 5.1 kW back to the power company! The batteries are fully charged. Usage was very small. The house has a whole house ventilator that is drawing most of the power. The homeowners also own a Nissan Leaf and a Toyota Prius Plugin. The solar array is enough to fully recharge those cars and run the house electrical devices when the air conditioning is not on.

SunStationWebInterface

Unlike gasoline, diesel or natural gas systems SunStation provides power year round! There is no noise and no toxic emissions. SunStation has no moving parts and is zero maintenance. Solar power systems are eligible for Solar Renewable Energy Credits which are cash payments for having an operating solar power system. It is estimated that this system will bring in $3700/year revenue between selling power and SRECs.

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About Michael Paluszek

Michael Paluszek is President of Princeton Satellite Systems. He graduated from MIT with a degree in electrical engineering in 1976 and followed that with an Engineer's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 1979. He worked at MIT for a year as a research engineer then worked at Draper Laboratory for 6 years on GN&C for human space missions. He worked at GE Astro Space from 1986 to 1992 on a variety of satellite projects including GPS IIR, Inmarsat 3 and Mars Observer. In 1992 he founded Princeton Satellite Systems.

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