A Sunflower By Any Other Name......
By Riptide
@Riptide (2756)
United States
June 14, 2009 10:37pm CST
I bet you all never seen sunflowers like these before. I work for a company that makes custom solar modules and this is one of our projects. Sadly we are not mentioned as the company who built them, only the company who installed them is mentioned. But as the special projects leader I am proud as can be to see them installed and running.
They are in Austin, Texas.
Video:
http://www.kvue.com/projectgreen/greenarticles/stories/060809kvue_solar_sunflowers-cb.5f9d9c19.html
Slideshow:
http://www.kvue.com/perl/common/slideshow/sspop.pl?recid=16769&previous=0
They were a headache to say the least so it is nice to finally see them finished and know it was all worth while.
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3 responses
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
15 Jun 09
I wonder. If I walk into your workplace, & mention, "Riptide" ... does that mean they'll hand me one of those things to take home? 
I'd probably get a hernia if I intend to actually walk home with a completely-assembled one. 
That is creative work there.
I'd probably get a hernia if I intend to actually walk home with a completely-assembled one.
That is creative work there.1 person likes this
@AngryKittyMSV (4317)
• United States
15 Jun 09
Those are awesome, good job! I didn't realize how BIG they are! It's great that they are so pretty, makes their use more attractive. I can imagine what project it must be to make them! I am very proud of you.
@Riptide (2756)
• United States
20 Jun 09
Thank You Kitty!
It took us a year to get these panels made,because of all the problems we had with the design,but we pulled it off.
If you think those are big, you should see the solar tree panels. One panel is the size of a king size bed lol.
It is a very interesting field, which is why I love my job even though the boss and some of the coworkers pi$$ me off on a regular basis.
Seeing the results makes it all worth while.
@vetiver12 (163)
• Spain
20 Jun 09
I love clean energy. And it´s beginning to be more popular as the times goes by.
In my country, all the new buildings have to have those panels in the top of them......and they´re very good for the economy of the families, since the electricity bills have raised so much, that I use to do everything without the light on. Although the computer spends energy too.
I wish I could have one of these sunflowers in my building.
