Video: Sanders Sandia Solar Williston - Oct 12, 2017

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Bernie Sanders Sandia Solar Williston Oct 12 2017


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Sanders makes case for solar at Sandia test site in Williston

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine

In the near corner of one the state's largest solar sites are several sets of solar panels that seem out-of-place against the vast rows of solar panels in a former corn field in Williston. This cluster of photo-voltaic panels look different. Some are shaped differently, or are of a different shape and color, several are quite small and some even appear to be facing the wrong way. Turns out they are facing the right way for a specialized type of bi-facial solar panel that generates more than twice the output of a typical collector.

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) today applauded the “cutting-edge role Vermont is playing in researching, testing and deploying solar energy,” during a visit to the US Department of Energy’s solar testing site in Williston.

The Vermont Regional Test Center (RTC) is one of five such facilities in the United States that give manufacturers of solar technologies the opportunity to test the performance and reliability of their products in real-world conditions. The RTCs are funded by the US Department of Energy and are managed by Sandia National Laboratories.

Sanders helped secure $3 million in 2013 from the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative to create the Vermont solar testing site specifically to study the effectiveness of different solar technologies in a cold and wet climate. The Vermont site is located on land owned by GlobalFoundries, who Sanders thanked for its continued commitment to the project.

http://www.vermontbiz.com/news/2017/october/12/sanders-makes-case-solar-sandia-test-site-williston