Island Power is often asked how our fleet performs in the winter months when the sun angle changes with shorter days. The answer was typically an average of a 50% reduction in PV kWh input into the system. That means the usefulness of the battery bank is still effective, but the generator run time may need to increase a few hours per cycle to cover the absence of the solar gain. Winter also means preparing the units deployed for mountain conditions. A pre-winter campaign to prep the units in the field is typically done in November. Block heaters, battery maintainers and of course tilting the arrays, we are not perfect and sometimes we miss one. I call this the successful stress test of our rotating panel frame and our tech is surely going to remember next season to tilt all the panels. As for the PV input, we can confirm it was zero! Yes- This unit is still providing power. With a big low snowstorm approaching the western Sierras we are ready to respond!
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