City of Corona Turns Bus Shelter into a Mini Power Plant
City of Corona today unveiled to the public its newly installed solar bus shelter providing comfort to its public transportation customers while being capable of generating clean, renewable energy through a roof ornamented with highly efficient solar panels. The installation marked the first grid-connected solar system for bus shelters.
The new bus shelter was designed and installed by Solade Concepts based in Corona, CA. The solar structure consists of products and solutions proposed by Go Green Solar, based in Los Angeles, CA, which include six SANYO HIT-210NKHA6 210-watt HIT Power® solar panels with six Enphase Energy M210-84-240-S12 micro inverters and a LED lighting solution in an on-grid solar system.
In major U.S. cities, bus stops can be found as often as every 650 to 950 feet, and often cities offer transit customers a sheltered waiting area that can vary in design and features. While solar powered bus shelters are not a new concept, the typical installation usually pairs the system to a battery that will store energy on site to provide the power needed to light the shelter at night.
Puma City Revised for World Cup 2010
After the debut of PUMA City in Boston last year, PUMA redesigned the massive retail container space to create a new space in New York to coincide with FIFA World Cup 2010. The smaller space, PUMA City NY, features two separate shipping containers configured as a retail space by architects LOT-EK and buiders SG Blocks, maker of the Harbinger House.